Running on empty: Fury as storm-hit gas stations are forced to CLOSE - while others charge desperate drivers SIX dollars a gallon
- Drivers complain they are wasting fuel crawling in lines for gas stations
- Many fuel tankers have been diverted to the Port of Virginia
- Obama has sent 250,000 gallons of gas and 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel via the Department of Defense
- Motorist Sean Bailey, 35, arrested after cutting in line in Queens and pointing pistol at someone who complained
- Yellow cabs carrying groups of citizens around while public transport is down are struggling to fill their tanks
- Soldiers posted at service stations along New Jersey turnpike
- Drivers in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut feeling the squeeze
- Many stations unable to pump gas as their power supplies are out
- Two major refineries cannot produce gas without electricity
- State officials criticize the Red Cross for not providing help faster
- Motorists drive from station to station to find gas
- Some also need gas to power generators or heat their homes
- Looters disguise themselves as electricity workers to get into houses
By Beth Stebner
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With much of the tri-state area stuck in darkness for the fourth day running following the devastation of Sandy, the fuel situation has become even more dire, with desperate survivors bickering over their place at the pump, and even brandishing firearms to get what they need.
Gas stations along the Long Island Turnpike have reached $6 as some opportunist convenience store owners attempt to cash in on the crisis. Along the New Jersey turnpike, cars lined up for miles along the road in hopes of getting fuel. But in many outer-borough areas, gas stations were roped off with yellow tape, completely tapped of their reserves.
This comes as New York Gov Andrew Cuomo today said that the fuel-strapped areas will be getting relief, adding that ‘people will see it quickly.’
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Frayed tempers: Armed police tackle violence at a gas station in Brooklyn, after one customer accused another of cutting in line
Misery: Drivers get to gas stations as early as they can can to beat the crowds, but the crisis could go on for another week
Drained: Fuel tankers have been diverted to the Port of Virginia, and immediate
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