Pipeline Shutdown Leads To Panic Buying, Higher Gas Prices

May 13, 2021
One-third of gas stations in Tennessee were without gas on Thursday, after a ransomware attack on a major fuel pipeline prompted a temporarily shut down in operations and consumers' engaged in a panic-driven frenzy to fill up their tanks.
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Colonial Pipeline resumed operations of its 5,500-mile on Wednesday after preemptively shutting down Tuesday as a precautionary measure. Gas supplies are expected to soon return to normal.
Gas prices throughout the state rose in a matter of days, from $2.74 to $2.81, and GasBuddy reported widespread shortages at the pump across the eastern United States. In Georgia, 48% of gas stations were out of fuel on Thursday, GasBuddy reported.

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