@1or2Musicians I can assure you that the neighborhoods near the DEC fab in MA (I think it might be Intel now) is very upper middle class as is the area near my relatives nursery in CT.
I was hesitant to mention this before for fear of veering off into partisan politics, but…
“Today at 7:54 am
In many cases the people living closest to chemical plants are poor. They don’t always have the luxury of choosing to live elsewhere.”
Yup. It is because the land around heavy industries is cheap, and developers can get a lot of bang for their buck by building cheaper housing. A proper zoning would prevent anyone - poor or not - from being stuck next to a chemical plant.
Get ready for some home remodel products to go up in price. Those peroxides are used as catalysts to trigger polymerization of resins that go into kitchen countertops and many other products. The reason these chemicals have to be made in the US is their instability. Can’t be flown in by a plane, and can’t be transported by a boat either because they will decompose during several weeks it takes for a container ship to reach the US.
Still no gas near me. (For Jazzy, near Shavano Park). But the good news is the incredible participation in relief efforts. A guy near here got his hands on an eighteen wheeler, issued a shout out for cleaning supplies, and filled it up, all in a few hours. I was near his drop off spot and so contributed. When I was buying supplies, I ran into other people doing the same thing. There are several Food Bank drives around town. People are contributing and not with just a jar of PB. People are bringing car loads of stuff. (And since we don’t have gas, the satellite drives are perfect!)
@Lizardly I had to drive my husband to work today as he did not have enough gas to make it there and back. Every gas station I passed on the way was out. Hope the gas situation resolves over the weekend.
I was very impressed with the number of people who turned out to the Red Cross training sessions yesterday with about a two-hour notice. I know that San Antonio has always been such a caring community, but I think the fact that we were spared any effects of Harvey has been extra motivation for folks.
Are displaced people with electric cars finding places to charge them?
Now I’m looking at Hurricane Irma, which could be a Cat 5 and slam into the US. This has been so terrible, and the possibility of another disaster… What next? 
Move inland? 
For those living in TX where gas has become limited/nonexistent, what is the cost per gallon now there, if you can find it?
Haven’t seen one station in DFW in the past two days with gas. Before that, it was $2.20-ish to 2.49-ish for regular, I think (but don’t quote me since I’ve been out of state for a month and didn’t pay all that close attention when DH got gas on the way home from the airport).
I’m really trying to conserve on my gas. My DH’s job requires that he drive around a lot and he’s making me nervous. I can go a couple of weeks if I just keep it to the immediate neighborhood, but if he runs out before supplies make it back into the area, I’ll really be a little anxious.
^^^Oh no! We have to drive up to DFW for a fencing tournament this weekend. I can make it there on one tank but not back! Guess we’ll try to top off the tank on the way. Do you think Buc ee’s will have gas?
@3scoutsmom You got a friend with a Prius you can borrow? Or rent one?
I’m in San Antonio where gas had been about $2.09. As the above posters have stated, most stations are out. But, I have seen prices ranging from $2.29 to $2.59. Costco was $1.94 yesterday morning when I filled up but I don’t know what it is now. I am just thankful that I filled up before the crazy run on gas.
@doschicos nope and I don’t think we could fit 5 people and all the fencing gear in Prius anyway:-(
I thought I read someplace about a line crack…similar to,what caused the big shortages in the SE last time it happened.
@JazzyTXMom That’s cheap! At least compared to most parts of the country. I know many people look at price gouging as wrong but at least it helps balance supply and demand to some degree and heck, we are supposedly a capitalistic society. Doesn’t surprise me there is no gas at $1.94-$2.59 in many parts of TX. At those prices, given the nearby events in Houston and the supply chain problems associated with Harvey, people will hoard and suppliers will be reticent to feed more supply into the system. At some greater price, it would be worth suppliers time and effort to truck more in from elsewhere and if it cost more, folks would hoard less and use more wisely.
This website has been accurate for fuel availability and price in our part of Dallas:
I saw gas prices ranging from $2.41 to $2.75 today in southern Maine! There’s not usually that much variation in prices.