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By Laura Fowler
Ten & Nightside Edition Producer
Published: September 11, 2008

The Pantry Stores have put up signs asking customers to limit customers to 10 gallons of gas because of the potential for gas shortages.

The pumps are not automatically cutting off at 10 gallons yet.

The pantry owns the Kangaroo chain and several other chains.

A worker, contracted to service the pumps at those stations, tells Nine on Your Side that it’s in anticipation of Hurricane Ike, which has shut down oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.

The worker says to expect a big jump in prices at the pump as early as tomorrow.

Meanwhile, folks to the south of us have already seen gas prices jump, if they can get gas at all.

In Greenville, South Carolina, stations have raised prices about 40 cents.

Others have put bags over their pumps because they are out of gas.

Hurricane Gustav shut down oil refineries in the Gulf of Mexico, and now Hurricane Ike is keeping them from reopening.

And it’s trickling all the way up the coast.

Unfortunately, that will just freak some people out to the point that you will see them lining back up to the pumps filling up EVERYTHING they can with gas.  Around Lake county I have actually seen diesel prices(don't really pay attention to gas) go down.  I know that won't last long, but a girl can dream...........

JENNIFER, I THINK YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW THAT DOESN'T "LOOK" AT THE GAS PRICES!! BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WE HAVE 4 OR 5 GAS STATIONS WITHIN 2 MILES OF US EACH WAY THAT ARE OUT OF GAS! CRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN WHEN WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY OF "OUR OWN" RESERVES RIGHT HERE!! 

One of our suppliers told us yesterday that the pipeline would be shut down until a day after the storm has cleared. Looks like we are going to have to suffer higher gas prices again, any reason to raise them up.

I AGREE! ANY EXCUSE THEY CAN USE!! BUT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE SLOOOOWLY COMING BACK DOWN AGAIN!