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Congrats, they and similar groups now have a incentive to keep doing this over and over, they should have been repaid with a JDAM where they were operating from. How can there not be a easily traceable money/digital trail unless foreign governments were involved in this, even people in high positions in the US allowed this to happen.
Congrats, they and similar groups now have a incentive to keep doing this over and over, they should have been repaid with a JDAM where they were operating from. How can there not be a easily traceable money/digital trail unless foreign governments were involved in this, even people in high positions in the US allowed this to happen.
They literally do this every single day. They just are not always successful.
I managed to top off the GLI, but it was pretty pricey, as you can see ($3.89/gal for 93 if you can't see). Pretty surreal getting to a relatively not-busy gas station. Though, I question why that Infiniti had its trunk open. Hopefully there weren't plastic bags in there.
$3.89! Lucky ducky. In the Bay Area 91 octane is north of $4.50 and last weekend when I visited mom for Mother's Day, it was $4.96 for 91 up past Sacramento
$3.89! Lucky ducky. In the Bay Area 91 octane is north of $4.50 and last weekend when I visited mom for Mother's Day, it was $4.96 for 91 up past Sacramento
$3.89...that was like 3 years ago here too. My average in my neighborhood to fill up would be $4.75 on premium so if I drive 15k miles a year, with 20mpg, that would be almost $3600. Painful
Congrats, they and similar groups now have a incentive to keep doing this over and over, they should have been repaid with a JDAM where they were operating from. How can there not be a easily traceable money/digital trail unless foreign governments were involved in this, even people in high positions in the US allowed this to happen.
$5M is chump change compared to the damage and disruption a prolonged outtage would cost. Ransomware hackers know not to ask too outrageous of a price knowing they can get quick cash and get it over with.
Hummer H2 Driver Hoards Gasoline, Accidentally Burns Down Vehicle
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Motorists up and down the east coast are hoarding gasoline in response to a cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline, with panicked customers forming long lines at gas stations and stockpiling fuel. Unfortunately for one Hummer H2 driver, their stockpile of gasoline resulted in their SUV burning to the ground.
In a recent report from the Citrus County Chronicle, Citrus County Fire Rescue crews were called out to a vehicle fire Wednesday morning, arriving shortly before 11 a.m. The fire was reported in Homosassa on South Alabama Avenue and West Grover Cleveland Boulevard.
According to officials, the Hummer H2 driver had filled several gas cans at a nearby Texaco Food Mart on West Grover Cleveland Boulevard. The SUV apparently had four five-gallon containers filled with gasoline in the rear of the vehicle.
The resulting fire was extinguished by 11:09 a.m., but as evidenced by the photos, the Hummer H2 was completely destroyed. Officials also said that the fire resulted in one injury, but the injured individual refused transport, despite medical advice to the contrary.
The official cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Pictures courtesy of Citrus County Fire Rescue, via Citrus County Chronicle
Florida governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Tuesday night, stating that the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack posed a “significant and immediate threat” to Florida fuel delivery. However, officials have urged Florida residents not to hoard gasoline, and panic buying has resulted in numerous shortages thus far.
Some reports show motorists filling plastic bags with gasoline. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has also issued a tweet urging people not to fill plastic bags with gas.
The latest is that the Colonial Pipeline is back online, but panic buying will likely result in gas shortages lasting weeks as customers drain gas stations of inventories and hoard fuel. The surge in demand has also pushed fuel prices higher.
Last edited by mmarshall; May 13, 2021 at 05:46 PM.
Managed to top off the Bimmer! With that, hopefully we can just wait out the rest of this garbage. Honestly, I was surprised the first station I encountered this morning had gas.
Hummer H2 Driver Hoards Gasoline, Accidentally Burns Down Vehicle
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Motorists up and down the east coast are hoarding gasoline in response to a cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline, with panicked customers forming long lines at gas stations and stockpiling fuel. Unfortunately for one Hummer H2 driver, their stockpile of gasoline resulted in their SUV burning to the ground.
In a recent report from the Citrus County Chronicle, Citrus County Fire Rescue crews were called out to a vehicle fire Wednesday morning, arriving shortly before 11 a.m. The fire was reported in Homosassa on South Alabama Avenue and West Grover Cleveland Boulevard.
According to officials, the Hummer H2 driver had filled several gas cans at a nearby Texaco Food Mart on West Grover Cleveland Boulevard. The SUV apparently had four five-gallon containers filled with gasoline in the rear of the vehicle.
The resulting fire was extinguished by 11:09 a.m., but as evidenced by the photos, the Hummer H2 was completely destroyed. Officials also said that the fire resulted in one injury, but the injured individual refused transport, despite medical advice to the contrary.
The official cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Pictures courtesy of Citrus County Fire Rescue, via Citrus County Chronicle
Florida governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Tuesday night, stating that the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack posed a “significant and immediate threat” to Florida fuel delivery. However, officials have urged Florida residents not to hoard gasoline, and panic buying has resulted in numerous shortages thus far.
Some reports show motorists filling plastic bags with gasoline. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has also issued a tweet urging people not to fill plastic bags with gas.
The latest is that the Colonial Pipeline is back online, but panic buying will likely result in gas shortages lasting weeks as customers drain gas stations of inventories and hoard fuel. The surge in demand has also pushed fuel prices higher.
I certainly can't verify from a Rex Chapman Twitter post, but I just saw that the fire started because this genius lit a cigarette with 4-5 gas cans inside his Hummer. Thankfully no one else was hurt.
I certainly can't verify from a Rex Chapman Twitter post, but I just saw that the fire started because this genius lit a cigarette with 4-5 gas cans inside his Hummer. Thankfully no one else was hurt.
I suspected cigarettes, but I didn't mention it because it's hard to believe that people could be that dumb.
I managed to get some this morning in Vienna, VA, at a Shell station, which was pumping gas...but I deliberately only bought a couple of gallons, for a couple reasons. First, to not hoard it so that others could also get at least some gas in case of an emergency, and, second, in case the underground tanks were low (which is likely during a shortage), allowing dirt and water to be pumped out with the gas. My Giant Food grocery-card and its Bonus Points also gave me a discount, so I didn't have to pay the full $3.00 a gallon price.
I managed to get some this morning in Vienna, VA, at a Shell station, which was pumping gas...but I deliberately only bought a couple of gallons, for a couple reasons. First, to not hoard it so that others could also get at least some gas in case of an emergency, and, second, in case the underground tanks were low (which is likely during a shortage), allowing dirt and water to be pumped out with the gas. My Giant Food grocery-card and its Bonus Points also gave me a discount, so I didn't have to pay the full $3.00 a gallon price.
In NYC there haven't been any shortages, but how are things in VA? We are driving to a wedding tomorrow in NJ, and heading to Reston, VA to see our daughter after the wedding, and heading back home Sunday night. Don't want to get stranded if there is no gas in VA.
I managed to get some this morning in Vienna, VA, at a Shell station, which was pumping gas...but I deliberately only bought a couple of gallons, for a couple reasons. First, to not hoard it so that others could also get at least some gas in case of an emergency, and, second, in case the underground tanks were low (which is likely during a shortage), allowing dirt and water to be pumped out with the gas. My Giant Food grocery-card and its Bonus Points also gave me a discount, so I didn't have to pay the full $3.00 a gallon price.
Why would you not buy as much gas as you can when using your Giant points? Otherwise they go to waste. I try to wait till my gas light comes on before filling up using my Giant points.
In NYC there haven't been any shortages, but how are things in VA? We are driving to a wedding tomorrow in NJ, and heading to Reston, VA to see our daughter after the wedding, and heading back home Sunday night. Don't want to get stranded if there is no gas in VA.
Stations are pretty consistently getting refilled. The ones I've seen that are out generally seem to have people again within 12 hours. GasBuddy app supposedly is a good tracking tool to tell if stations have gas or not. I think Virginia had crested above 50% of stations running out/low. But it's started to subside again now that hopefully hysteria has calmed down. Trucks are going around the clock to refill stations.
Hopefully there weren't plastic bags in there. 
Pictures courtesy of Citrus County Fire Rescue, via Citrus County Chronicle
Pictures courtesy of Citrus County Fire Rescue, via Citrus County Chronicle
