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>> WE
>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS THAT IMPACTS ALL OF US.
LOCAL GAS STATIONS RUNNING OUT
OF FUEL, DRIVERS PUMPING IN LONG
LINES.
LINES.
LINES. PRICES ARE GOING UP, TOO.
THIS ALL STEMS FROM THE SHUTDOWN
OF THE COLONIAL PIPELINE.
IT IS BACK ONLINE.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A BIT FOR
THINGS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE
SHORTAGES IN OUR AREA AND WHAT
YOU SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW.
LET'S BEGIN WITH TOM DEMPSEY IN
A STATION ON THE BORDER OF D.C.
AND SILVER SPRINGS.
HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING RIGHT
NOW?
NOW?
NOW? REPORTER: ALL OF THIS PANIC
BUYING WE ARE SEEING IN OUR
REGION, AND THE CHALLENGES
GETTING AVAILABLE GAS HAVE LED
TO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
WE ARE AT THE BP GAS STATION.
YOU WILL SEE A LINE OF CARS
GOING DOWN GEORGIA AVENUE.
KIND OF STRESSFUL BEING OUT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. EVERY SO OFTEN, YOU WILL HEAR
CARS HONKING AT ONE ANOTHER AND
TRYING TO MOVE AROUND ONE
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER. SOMETIMES EVEN DRIVERS TALKING
AMONGST THEMSELVES TO FIND AN
OPEN STALL.
OPEN STALL. THESE LINES HAVE BEEN PRETTY
CONSISTENT HERE ALONG GEORGIA
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. JUST DOWN THE STREET, ABOUT A
BLOCK OR SO, IS AN EXXON
STATION.
STATION.
STATION. YOU WILL FIND PIECES OF PAPER ON
ALL OF THE PUMPS SAYING THEY ARE
OUT OF GAS.
THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, WITH
LONG LINES FORMING, OTHERS
REPORTING BEING OUT OF GAS, THAT
CAN INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. ANOTHER LOOK AS WE SEE A CAR
BACKING UP BEHIND ME.
COLONIAL SAYING IT WILL TAKE
TIME TO GET SYSTEMS BACK ONLINE
AND FULLY OPERATIONAL.
PLACES MIGHT RUN OUT OF GAS OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO MOVE AS
MUCH FUEL AS POSSIBLE.
IT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR THE
LAST SIX HOURS OR SO.
WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING GAS
BUDDY.
BUDDY.
BUDDY. THEY SAID OVER THE LAST TWO
DAYS, THEY REPORTED 52% OF GAS
STATIONS IN VIRGINIA CLOSED AND
RUNNING OUT OF GAS.
THE NUMBER IS AROUND 15% IN
MARYLAND AND D.C.
AS FAR AS LONG LINES FORMING, WE
HAVE SEEN THIS IN FREDERICKSBURG
AND FAIRFAX, STATIONS RUNNING
OUT OF GAS.
WE SAW IT AT THE EXXON IN
TENLEYTOWN.
TENLEYTOWN. DRIVERS ACROSS OUR REGION NEED
TO GET USED TO SEEING SCENES
LIKE THIS ONE.
COULD BE A FEW DAYS BEFORE
THINGS GET BACK TO NORMAL.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO MONITOR
IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT SOON.
>> AT LEAST THEY'VE GOT GAS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT, BUT YOU
CAN GET IT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT
STATIONS HAVE THE FUEL, AND WHAT
YOU HAVE TO DO TO PAY AT THE
PUMP.
PUMP.
PUMP. ADAM IS ALL OVER THAT WITH A
HELPFUL MAP.
HELPFUL MAP. >> THE SITUATION WE SEE WITH
DRIVERS RUNNING INTO PEOPLE
ARRIVING AROUND AIMLESSLY GOING
FROM STORE TO STORE, NOT SURE IF
THEY HAD GAS OR NOT.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE POINT
TOM JUST MADE.
IN VIRGINIA, 50 2% OF GAS
STATIONS ARE REPORTING THAT THEY
ARE OUT OF GAS.
THAT NUMBER IS 15% WHEN YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND
IN MARYLAND.
IN MARYLAND. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE GAS
IS AT THIS POINT.
IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE OR
MOBILE APP, YOU WILL SEE AN
ARTICLE ASKING WHERE THE GAS
OUTAGES ARE.
OUTAGES ARE. IT WILL GO WITH THE WEBSITE AND
MOBILE APP.
MOBILE APP. YOU WILL HAVE THIS INTERACTIVE
MAP.
MAP.
MAP. I
MAP. I HAVE PULLED UP PITTSBURGH FOR
A SECOND.
A SECOND.
A SECOND. YOU SEE ALL OF THE GREEN DOTS,
THESE ARE ALL GAS STATIONS IN
THE PITTSBURGH AREA WITH GAS AND
WORKING NORMALLY.
WORKING NORMALLY. NOT SERVED BY THE COLONIAL
PIPELINE.
PIPELINE.
PIPELINE. NOW WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO OUR
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. I
AREA. I WILL SHOW YOU PLACES LIKE
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
IF I SURGE HERE, YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO SEE ALL OF THOSE GREEN
PINS WE JUST SAW.
WE HAVE THE YELLOW AND THE RED.
HERE IS A GAS IN RIVERDALE PARK.
IT WAS UPDATED AN HOUR AGO.
THEY DON'T HAVE GAS RIGHT NOW.
YOU SEE A CONFLUENCE OF STATIONS
THAT DO AND THAT DON'T.
A PROBLEM FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE
COMPUTING -- COMMUTING IN THE
STAFFORD AREA.
STAFFORD AREA. THIS WAS NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR
FOLKS.
FOLKS.
FOLKS. ONLY ONE STATION IN THE GREEN.
IT WAS UPDATED 11 MINUTES AGO.
THEY HAVE GAS.
IF YOU SEE THIS NOW, YOU HAVE TO
GET SOMEWHERE IN THE MORNING,
MIGHT WANT TO THROW ON SOME
SLIPPERS AND GO TO STAFFORD.
AS I TAKE YOU CLOSER TO THE
METRO AREA, LOOKING UP NORTH BY
SPRINGFIELD AND ARLINGTON, WE
WILL SEARCH IN THIS AREA AND SEE
WHAT THE DEAL IS.
THERE ARE TWO GREEN PINS IN THE
ENTIRE AREA WITH GAS.
A VERY HELPFUL TOOL TO KEEP
FOLKS FROM DRIVING AROUND
AIMLESSLY SEARCHING FOR GAS.
>> A PANDEMIC PIPELINE PJ PARTY
AT GAS STATIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
GOOD LUCK, EVERYBODY.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF
THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT YOU
SHOULD BE DOING.
JOHN HENRY JOINS US LIVE.
YOU JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH
AAA.
AAA.
AAA. REPORTER: NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
SITUATIONS LIKE RIGHT BEHIND ME.
WE HAVE FOUR GAS STATIONS WITH
LONG LINES OF CARS OUTSIDE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE PANIC BUYING.
THEY SAY YOU DON'T NEED TO DO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. WITH A QUARTER TANK OF GAS OR
LESS, THAT IS WHEN YOU SHOULD BE
FILLING UP YOUR TANK.
NOT WITH HALF OF A TANK OF GAS.
>> WHAT DO WE DO, WHAT CAN WE DO
IN THE MEANTIME AS WE WAIT FOR
SERVICE TO GO BACK THE WAY IT
WAS?
WAS?
WAS? THERE ARE A LOT OF STATIONS THAT
DON'T HAVE ANY GAS.
>> THEY SAY YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON
BEING FUEL-EFFICIENT.
BEING FUEL-EFFICIENT. WE WILL GET INSIDE OF OUR HONDA
AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE MEAN.
LET'S TURN ON THE CAR.
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE
ROAD, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
DON'T SPEED.
DON'T SPEED. THAT CAN REALLY WASTE GAS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT IN A
SITUATION LIKE THIS.
ON TOP OF THAT, TRY NOT TO RACE
YOUR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.
THAT CAN ALSO BE A
FUEL-EFFICIENT THING TO DO.
ON TOP OF THAT, YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD TO YOUR
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. TAKE OUT THOSE ITEMS YOU REALLY
DON'T NEED.
DON'T NEED. WE TAKE OUT OUR BACKPACK,
TRIPOD.
TRIPOD.
TRIPOD. BY DOING THAT, YOU WILL BE MORE
FUEL-EFFICIENT, AS WELL.
>> THOSE ARE GOOD TIPS.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER
AAA HAS IDEAS ON HOW LONG IT
COULD LAST.
COULD LAST. WE KNOW IT COULD BE A COUPLE OF
MORE DAYS, MAYBE NEXT WEEK.
WHAT IS THE PROJECTION?
>> THEY THINK IT COULD GO INTO
NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING
ABOUT NEEDING GAS IN THEIR CAR.
THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE
SITUATIONS OR THE DEVELOPMENTS
IN THIS SITUATION, LIKE COLONIAL
PIPELINE GETTING GAS BACK IN THE
LINES.
LINES.
LINES. ON
LINES. ON TOP OF THAT, PEOPLE FEELING
THE NEED TO PANIC BY.
THEN THE PANDEMIC ITSELF.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THE CASE
RATES GO DOWN, SO THEY ARE
PLANNING VACATIONS AND TRIPS, SO
THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO GET ON
THE ROAD AND GET GAS IN ORDER TO
DO THAT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES.
>> MIGHT WANT TO HOLD OFF ON
THOSE TRIPS FOR NOW.
HERE IS AN UPDATED LOOK ON HOW
MUCH FILLING UP COULD COST YOU
IN THE MORNING.
THESE ARE THE AVERAGE PRICES PER
GALLON IN OUR AREA.
THE AVERAGE PRICE IN D.C. IS
$3.09 PER GALLON.
$2.95