Drivers Report $3 (And Higher) Gas, Shortages

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Drivers Report $3 (And Higher) Gas, Shortages


Hurricane Katrina has caused huge increases in gas prices -- as well as lines and some shortages -- around the country.

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A southwest Houston station listed a price of $3.31 Wednesday afternoon. Some customers told Houston television station KPRC that it was 80 cents lower a day earlier.

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"I was driving down (the street). I noticed their sign. It said $2.75 and I needed gas. So, I thought, 'I'll pull up and turn around and get gas,'" driver Francis Townsend said. "By the time I got to their pump, the price had gone to $3.31," he said. "I think that's a little bit steep, to go up 56 cents on a turnaround."

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In Lancaster, Pa., television station WGAL reported that one station with gasoline at $2.59 per gallon was the cheapest gas on the busy stretch and cars lined up to fill up. Just a block away, another filling station was empty because it was charging 20 cents more per gallon.
One clerk told WGAL his station sold 4,000 gallons of gas in 45 minutes. Normally, he said, the station will sell 3,000 gallons in a day.