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Man Arrested for "Hoarding" Gas in 5 Gallon Buckets
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So I take it you wouldn't mind at all if your neighbour had gallons of gas stored incorrectly next door!
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23755636 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. 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.
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