BRING IT TO YOU HERE LIVE REPORTING LIVE IN ARLINGTON ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>TARIK MINOR: PRESSURE AT THE
PUMP THE DEMAND FOR GAS IS
RISING AFTER A CRUCIAL PIPELINE
WAS HACKED AND IT’S CAUSING
PANIC BUYING IN SOME PARTS OF
THE STATE. AND IN GEORGIA.
BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
THE CASE IN JACKSONVILLE.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA’S
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER NOW
HAS A MESSAGE FOR DRIVERS.
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>> IT’S CRAZY. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT, YOU KNOW WANT TO BE THE ONE THAT DOESN’T
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>> GET GAS.
>>TARIK MINOR: NIKKI FRIED SAYS
HER OFFICE IS CLOSELY WATCHING
THE SITUATION CONCERNS OVER GAS SUPPLIER GROWING SINCE A RANSOMWARE ATTACK SHUT DOWN THE
COLONIAL PIPELINE, A CRITICAL
LINE FOR MUCH OF
THE SOUTHEAST.
>> AND GEORGIA’S GOVERNOR JUST
CLEARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
DECLARED AS A RESULT OF THE
GAS SHORTAGE, NORTH FLORIDA AND
SOUTH GEORGIA RELY ON A GAS
TRUCK FROM A BRANCH OF THAT
AFFECTED PIPELINE. WE HAVE TO
CONSUMER ALERTS THAT WE ARE
TRACKING LORD WE’LL BREAK DOWN
THE INCREASE AND
FOOD PRICES. BUT WE BEGIN WITH
NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER JIM PIGGOTT
JIM WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR
AREA.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN TO
NUMEROUS GAS STATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY RIGHT NOW
THIS IS A GATE STATION NEAR
RIVERSIDE WERE IN BROOKLYN
HERE. THE NORMAL AND THIS IS
WHAT I’VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE
DAY AT STATIONS ALL AROUND
HERE. WE DID GET A REPORT FROM
SOMEONE IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
THAT A GAS STATION ON HIGHWAY 2
’07 WAS CLOSE
AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS RESULT
OF ALL OF THIS, BUT I CALLED
AND CHECKED AND THEY SAID NO
THAT WAS A DELIVERY PUBLIC THEY
HAD SET UP IN THE PAST.
BUT WHAT I DID FIND OUT IS
THAT JACKSONVILLE IS ACTUALLY
HELPING BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION
IN THIS CRISIS.
>> THEN THE VARIOUS GAS
STATIONS THROUGHOUT NORTH
FLORIDA AND IN
JACKSONVILLE TODAY AND THE LINE
C NORMAL NO LONG WAITS AND
PEOPLE REALLY DIDN’T SEEM TO BE
CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD BE
A PROBLEM. THAT MOMENT IS WHAT
THE FLORIDA PETROLEUM MARKETING
ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS
THE MAJORITY OF GAS TO YOUR
SUPPLIER AND CONVENIENCE STORE
RETAILERS IN FLORIDA SUPPLIES
ARE A LITTLE
BIT TIGHT.
>> BECAUSE THE PIPELINE IS SHUT
DOWN IN BAINBRIDGE SAME BRIDGE
FEEDS PART OF NORTH FLORIDA.
SOUTH GEORGIA. SO WHAT WE’VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO IS
USE JACKSONVILLE.
>> IN COAL FUEL OUT OF
JACKSONVILLE ACROSS THE
PANHANDLE WITH SKY 4 WE CAN
SHOW YOU HOW THE JACKSONVILLE
AREAS HELPING WITH THE
SHORTAGE, THIS IS THE TANK FARM
AREA OFF HECKSCHER DRIVE ON THE
NORTH SIDE. THE STORAGE TANKS DON’T DEPEND ON THE PIPELINE WHICH WAS HACKED BUT THE GAS
ACTUALLY COME FROM BARGES THAT
SUPPLY GAS TO
OUR AREA BECAUSE OF THAT WE’RE
NOW SEEING MORE FUEL TANKERS ON
THE ROAD
HEADING FROM JACKSONVILLE TO
OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE STATE
LIKE TALLAHASSEE AND THE
PANHANDLE WHERE THERE ARE LINES
IN SOME STATIONS ARE RUNNING
OUT OF FUEL.
STILL THERE IS CONCERN HERE
THIS IS WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
WITH GAS PRICES LOCALLY FROM
JANUARY UNTIL TODAY.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS THAT THERE WAS
A SPIKE IN PRICES BACK
IN FEBRUARY. IT DROPPED IN
MARCH AND IN APRIL, BUT NOW
IT’S PICKING RIGHT BACK UP
AGAIN TO OVER $2 AND $0.80 A
GALLON JUST 20 FUEL. THE
SYSTEM, IT’S NOT LIKE WE’RE
GOING TO RUN OUT
>> THE GOVERNOR AND THE
LEADERSHIP IN FLORIDA IS VERY
AWARE OF IT AND THEY’RE
ALLOCATING RESOURCES.
>> AND JUST A SHORT TIME AGO ACTUALLY GOVERNOR CHANCES WAS HERE IN JACKSONVILLE. HE TALKED
ABOUT THE SITUATION HERE IS
WHAT HE SAID MY FEAR IS YOU
HAVE THESE
GAS SHORTAGES.
>> IT’S GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF
PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE JUST THE
CONVENIENCE OF LIFE BUT ALSO
FOR OUR ECONOMY.
NOW WE’RE RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS
OF THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO GET
MORE FUEL TRUCKS IN
TO THE PARTS OF FLORIDA THAT
NEED MORE BUT ULTIMATELY WE
REALLY DO NEED THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP AND HELP
AND WE DON’T WANT
TO SEE THESE LONG GAS PERSIST
THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN PART OF
OUR STATE.
>> AND AS YOU MENTIONED THE
REAL PROBLEM IS IN GEORGIA IN
FACT, NORTH GEORGIA GOVERNOR
KEMP, THERE ISSUED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY WHAT HE DID IS
BASICALLY DO AWAY WITH THE GAS
TAX FOR NOW SO CONSUMERS CAN
DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS WE
UNDERSTAND TO THAT ALL OF THIS
COULD BE RESOLVED. PROBABLY BY
FRIDAY AND THEN BY NEXT WEEK
THINGS HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE BACK
TO NORMAL AND WE WON’T HAVE LINES OPEN NOT TO SEE THAT IN