I went to UNCA via I-240 today and taking the Merrimon Ave. exit near downtown Asheville NC. I had just heard on the radio that traffic was backing up here. Gas lines were forming as the Exxon station had gas. I was lucky I got there before it backed up onto I-240 and I wasn’t late for class. Anyway, on the way home, 3 hours later, there was no lines there cause the station had run out of gas. However, the gas station next to the First Citizens Bank on Hendersonville Rd. had gas. The police was there to prevent any trouble cause fights are breaking out at gas stations as tensions rise. (Many people have waited a long time in line just to be turned away cause the gas had just run out.) Traffic was backing up and causing a bottleneck up to the CVS drug store when I passed at noon today. There have been a lot of wrecks due to the gas lines spilling over into the highways. I heard that this shortage should be over by Friday. I sure hope so, cause my gas will just make it to then.
