People in the Southeast are panic-buying gas. But why â and could something similar happen in New England?
By Shannon Larson Globe Staff,Updated May 12, 2021, 7:19 a.m.
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Attendants directed cars as they lined up to fill their gas tanks at a COSTCO on Tyvola Road in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday.Logan Cyrus/Photographer: Logan Cyrus/AFP/Ge
Throughout the Southeast on Tuesday, long lines of panicked drivers overwhelmed thousands of gas stations in a scramble to fuel their vehicles.
The frenzy across the region was brought on by the rising prices of gas, which contributed to fears of shortages following a ransomware attack that caused a vital fuel pipeline to remain largely shut down.