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Man Arrested for "Hoarding" Gas in 5 Gallon Buckets
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 5141990:MV8yMDM5MDczXzM0MjgyNDcyX0YzN0M2Q0E=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 27058084:MV8yMDM5MDczXzM0Mjc5NjI3XzU0RkYwMkJF] [quote:Ralph--a house dog:MV8yMDM5MDczXzM0Mjc4MTQzX0I4M0IxMEMx] [quote:Anonymous Coward 23755636:MV8yMDM5MDczXzM0Mjc3NjM3X0FEM0I0NEND] So I take it you wouldn't mind at all if your neighbour had gallons of gas stored incorrectly next door! [/quote] Apparently he was not going to store it, it would have been immediately distributed to a number of people for use in generators. Yes, they should have used proper containers --but last time I checked stores were charging more than $20 for a five gallon plastic gas can so maybe that's part of why they didn't have them to use--or at least secured the lids on the makeshiftt gas carriers. It is appalling that storm victims are suffering from hypothermia and starvation in that area, when food, water and warmth are less than hour away. Typical FEMA incompetence or something worse? When people are desperate they often take dangerous chances. [/quote] I am in this general area, in fact smack in the middle between Orange County and NYC. As of last week, no gas cans were available for sale. Nowhere. According to Home Depot they were sold out on the entire east coast. You can get a generator but not a gas can. I have some of those paint buckets but they are used, not sure if they're clean enough to use as extra gas cans. I only have enough actual gas cans for one day's worth of fuel, so I am refilling every day, and I'd rather have 2 days worth at home, seems we'll be out of power a while longer. [/quote] You guys should request some gas cans. They are not sold out on the east coast. I shopped on Saturday for donations for LongBeach-West Haven, NJ area which was transported up on Sunday and my Kmart had a shit load of 1 and 3 gallon gas containers in Edgewater Maryland. Put it in as a request at the shelters and those of us helping down eastside will be more than happy to send them up. [/quote]
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In the great US of A, you get arrested for trying to help out your neighbors.
The state doesn't want you to think or act on your own, therefore you are arrested for circumventing the states "disaster" recovery aparatus.
Imagine what 5 gallons of gas would have done to help all those people surive a little longer.
Disgusting:
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link to www.nbcconnecticut.com
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Police arrested a 47-year-old New York man accused of filling up 30 five-gallon Home Depot buckets with gasoline on Saturday night.
According to investigators, Yunus Latif, of Richmond Hill, collected money from his neighbors, bought gas at a Valero station almost 80 miles away in Orange and planned to bring it back to his neighborhood, where they had no power and gas.
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