FEMA is frequently communicating with states impacted by Colonial Pipeline shutdown
From CNN s Liz Stark
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been “frequently” communicating with states impacted by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, says the agency’s new administrator Deanne Criswell.
In an interview clip released by CBS News Wednesday, Criswell is asked whether FEMA has had conversations with government agencies about potential disaster relief if the fuel shortages continue.
Criswell, who was sworn in last month as the head of FEMA, said the agency has “been in contact with all of our states that have been impacted by this, communicating with them frequently to see if there are any issues.
Will N.J. have a gas shortage? No, if drivers don’t panic at the pump
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
Gas stations display the price of gasoline in Leonia, N.J., Monday, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP
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Panic buying by consumers at gas stations in the southeastern states was blamed for turning the shut down of the Colonial Pipeline into a gas shortage, industry experts said.
There was a common message to drivers from petroleum, gas station and tank truck industry experts at an American Petroleum Institute press conference Wednesday: stop panic buying gas like it was toilet paper in 2020.
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