However, some of those gas stations that were particularly affected such as the one pictured above, remained without gasoline of any grade as a result of the crush. Within half a mile of this Valero store on Old Port Isabel and Price Road is a Walmart to the south that had gasoline this morning, and another Valero store on Coffeeport and OPI. Another half mile on FM 802 and OPI, the Valero store also had gasoline available.
Local authorities were unable to counter the social media rumors of impending gas shortages and prices that were wildly exaggerated climbing toward $5 per gallon. That fueled the panic that led to the traffic snarls and frayed nerves as motorists waited in line to top off their tanks in anticipation of the imagined shortages. Apparently, social media spread the rumor all up and down the Rio Grande Valley. In Hidalgo County, the Sheriff's Dept. issued an announcement late Monday night dispelling the gas shortage rumor to little avail.
There was no such announcement by the sheriff's department or the the City of Brownsville.
In Brownsville, the local daily reported that people were lined up to fill up with gas at several stores two hours ahead of opening time Tuesday morning expecting to fight battle crowds to acquire fuel.
* ADVISORY *
NO IMPENDING GAS SHORTAGE ANTICIPATED IN RGV
The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office has received several calls for service with concerns of a possible gas shortage in the Rio Grande Valley as rumored by the media. Despite what the media outlets have reported, we do not anticipate a gas shortage. We do; however, anticipate a spike in gasoline prices.
Valley residents should expect a spike in gasoline prices of 5 to 10 cents over the next couple of days and as high as 25 cents over the next few weeks because of the limits on current gasoline production, according to the chairman of the Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas.
We are asking the community to not be alarmed but to remain calm and collected. Thank you and God bless you.
12 comments:
And Erasmo wants to be a leader. He is a rabble rouser chismoso. WRONG
"The sky is falling"! To bad that good news doesn't flow as effectively as "chisme" and "gloom and doom". Just goes to show how gullible people are and that it only takes a minute to confirm this kind of "rumor". Our local officials were probably at the pump to fill up too.
Dumb-ass Mexicans, always lining up like if they're getting free government cheese. Fuckem!
I wonder if MILK would've gotten the same response!!! Lmao...ah ese erasmo!!
There will be a BEER shortage during the Dallas football game, OhNo!!!! Buffalo wings to follow, too
Proof that The people of brownsville are fucking illiterate imbeciles.
Anonymous at 2:59 The same media hysteria happened in other parts of the state, not just in Brownsville . Proof that You're an ignorant fool.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Dumb-ass Mexicans, always lining up like if they're getting free government cheese. Fuckem!
August 29, 2017 at 11:03 AM
I guess you are white, rich and college educated. That's why you
live in the RGV.
Yellow belly garbage
Chingaw. Get a JOB people turn off the Facebook open a book or watch ingles sin barreras!!!!
Honestly,there should be some charges brought up for that kind of irresponsible posting...it incited an almost riot - like atmosphere. I went to buy cigs and people were IDIOTS over what one ass hat said with ZERO to back it up.. There needs to be consequences for doing shit like this.
I REALLY hope people learn from this. I don't want to deal with angry people at the gas station or anything of that sort.
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