thats nothing....
my bro in law just called me and told me out on long island the idiots are trying to fill garbage bags with gas. not to mention the ones smoking as they are filling up.

this gross stupidity is only after 7 days. imagine if it was like a month. people would be eating their kids

Orange? That's about an hour over the border. Why drive so far into Connecticut?

Something suspicious about this...


Why isn't the Obama administration calling this a terrorist act? Why haven't they issued any statement at all on this?

So the crime was the buckets weren't Department of Transportation approved. Is it actually a crime to buy a methload of gasoline?

I was in Westchester County and New Jersey for a couple of days last week.

We had a red 5 gallon gas can and people were begging to buy it from us.

"I don't care about the gas, empty it in your tank. I just want the can!"

Freakin Rican: thats nothing....
my bro in law just called me and told me out on long island the idiots are trying to fill garbage bags with gas. not to mention the ones smoking as they are filling up.

this gross stupidity is only after 7 days. imagine if it was like a month. people would be eating their kids

It's been a mess. Mile-long lines of parked cars fanning out from every open gas station. I haven't heard about the garbage bags though, that's crazy.

You'd probably pass out from the fumes before you got to the end of the block. Plus you know someone who does something that stupid would be a smoker.

When we had the Gas shortages in Atlanta I filled up a 6 gallon can when I topped up my hybrid (My wife was getting pretty low and she visits clients) and figured I'd get hassled. I was all ready for the 'I'm getting less gas than most people here' line ready to go and didn't even need it.

calbert: [farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x357]


/Shakes fist at Calbert

What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.

WILDCARD!

I can only imagine...

He's driving down the road, hits a bump, and a bucket falls over. Sloshing around, the lid comes loose just as he tries to light a cig. Oh, it would be a beautiful sight, like a comet shooting down the expressway.

someone in a van with New York paltes


Great job, Mr. Editing Guy.

Freakin Rican: not to mention the ones smoking as they are filling up.

Technically a cigarette isn't hot enough to light gasoline, all those movies you've seen lied to you.

Just start arresting everyone who is trying to bring gas into new york. That will fix everything.

My brother and sister-in-law live within walking distance of their kids' school and the train. Otherwise I don't know how they'd survive/get to and from the city.

However I don't know if their school has been opened yet. But the SIL went back into NYC today since the storm to reopen her studio.

lennavan: What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.



Stop trying to understand things.

lennavan: What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.

Because there are elected officials who derp and an electorate who can count to potato.

MindStalker: Technically a cigarette isn't hot enough to light gasoline, all those movies you've seen lied to you.

Someone else watches Mythbusters!

lennavan: What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.

because anytime we get close to doing anything gas prices drop and we're all oh boy cheap gas screw this alternative energy stuff i gotta run to the gas station right now!

Obbi: Is it actually a crime to buy a methload of gasoline?

not at all, you can buy a gas tank including pump for the back of your pickup truck that holds up to like 75 gallons.

notmtwain

Orange? That's about an hour over the border. Why drive so far into Connecticut?


Duh. Look at the bukkets:



The bukkets. Look at them.

5 billion New Yorkers? Fark me, its the Apocalypse!

Suck it, environment killers!

/no car

30 Buckets of Gas in the car, 30 Buckets of Gas.
If one of those buckets decided to fall....Boom!

lennavan: What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.

Before you get your smug on, realize that mass transit is also down, and hybrids/electrics have no means of charging, either.

Yes, dear, but it's pronounced "Bouquet"...

Came for obligatory pic of Cheech & Chong garbage can o' gasoline...

We're gonna solve the oil crisis!

Nobody is mentioning the fact that gas melts many plastics. I am not sure about homer buckets, but it goes through milk jugs in seconds.

What could go wrong?

This text is now purple: lennavan: What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.

Before you get your smug on, realize that mass transit is also down, and hybrids/electrics have no means of charging, either.

well they should have set up hydroelectric turbines on Beach 148th Street then

Why did the police choose to interfere with Darwin? That's blasphemy.

Just filled up yesterday here for $3.05

Farking dumbass X2 first off trying to get so much and two being a cheap skate and not buying proper gas cans,

lennavan: What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.

Yeah, if only everyone drove electric cars we'd be in the clear. Unless there were widespread power outages of course, but what are the odds of that?

MindStalker: Freakin Rican: not to mention the ones smoking as they are filling up.

Technically a cigarette isn't hot enough to light gasoline, all those movies you've seen lied to you.

What about the butane flame on the lighter or the spark from the lighter's igniter? Is that hot enought to ignite gasoline vapors?

yequalsy: Why did the police choose to interfere with Darwin? That's blasphemy.

Probably to avoid a raging fireball of death on the Hutch

MindStalker: Freakin Rican: not to mention the ones smoking as they are filling up.

Technically a cigarette isn't hot enough to light gasoline, all those movies you've seen lied to you.

But I think it can light the fumes with little effort.

For those that are in the gas lines, do they have multiple grades, or is it all regular? I need 91/93, so i just have kept my car at home instead of risking it. just curious.

Englebert Slaptyback: notmtwain

Orange? That's about an hour over the border. Why drive so far into Connecticut?


Duh. Look at the bukkets:

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The bukkets. Look at them.

Your point being that he needed to get the buckets at Home Depot? Well, there are at least 53 Home Depots in Connecticut closer to Queens than the one in Orange.

What do you have to say to that?

/No you look at the bucket.

We actually had a tanker truck from some charity pull up in my town a couple of days ago to give out free gas for people's generators.

As soon as word got out they were giving out 5 gallons of free gas, everyone and their brother jumped on line with whatever they could find to hold gas. (most of whom obviously didn't have a generator, seeing as you would own a real gas can if you did).

So to avoid a riot they just started filling up whatever. And naturally someone then spilled a 5 gallon water jug of gas in their house, and the fire department put an end to the mess. It was pretty damn funny to watch the whole thing play out.

Darwin is foiled again.

This text is now purple: lennavan: What I don't understand is how we can go through something like this, where we can see what Americans are reduced to because our society is so dependent on gas, and not want to change it at all.

Before you get your smug on, realize that mass transit is also down, and hybrids/electrics have no means of charging, either.

No the mass transit is not down. It is affected, and one subway line is still completely closed, but it's mostly working.

http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap. htm

And electric vehicles can be recharged by solar panels, though of course most people don't have them.

Jones_Boy: Nobody is mentioning the fact that gas melts many plastics. I am not sure about homer buckets, but it goes through milk jugs in seconds.

I had that fight with a number of customers when I worked at a gas station. The best were the ones who called the cops because I wouldn't turn their pump back on.

Did any joker try filling up a styrofoam cooler?

Freakin Rican: thats nothing....
my bro in law just called me and told me out on long island the idiots are trying to fill garbage bags with gas. not to mention the ones smoking as they are filling up.

this gross stupidity is only after 7 days. imagine if it was like a month. people would be eating their kids

Actually those painter's buckets seal TIGHT. No vapor leaks. And static discharge cannot happen spontaneously in a container.

A gas container will always pressurize once closed, but will reach an equilibrium based on temperature. It seems unlikely that this would exceed the pressure capacity of the lid. The lid's surface area is large, but they seal with a lot of force, and containing volatiles like paint thinner is probably on their list of intended uses.

If you get in an accident, yeah, you're gonna have a bad time. DIAF. But it's the next best thing if you can't buy a proper jerry can anymore (they're all sold out for hundreds of miles).  If this were a pickup with the front separated from the back, and the were packed in so the couldn't move, it'd be a lot more sound plan, though.

Stupid government regulations taking away our freedoms! All government regulatory agencies should be shut down.

grimlock1972: Farking dumbass X2 first off trying to get so much and two being a cheap skate and not buying proper gas cans,

Well, in fairness the buckets said "all purpose."

I kid.

Englebert Slaptyback: notmtwain

Orange? That's about an hour over the border. Why drive so far into Connecticut?


Duh. Look at the bukkets:

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The bukkets. Look at them.

They are clearly labeled ALL purpose, so what's wrong with using them for this purpose?