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a diesel fuel shortage has businesses
and even the white house concerned
tonight experts warn it could push up
the already high prices we pay
for goods and services good to have you
with us for local 4 news at 6 on this
monday regular unleaded you can expect
to pay around 459 a gallon right now for
that at
gas bumps in metro detroit but it's
diesel that impacts what we pay for so
many other things in our lives in the
northeastern u.s there are already
diesel fuel shortages and there's talk
we might soon see the same here local 4
business editor rod maloney live tonight
with more on what's behind the supply
issues and how it could affect all of us
in the pocketbook rod
well kimberly and devin the fact is that
virtually everything you buy gets
delivered by truck so as diesel prices
go up guess what the price for pretty
much everything else goes up as well but
high prices may be a problem now think
about what it will be like if we have a
diesel shortage
yeah it's costing me about a thousand
dollars more a month right now
in fuel and that's running locals not
running far trucker dave puma's paycheck
is smaller each week now as he does what
you don't have to his 18-wheeler has two
massive diesel tanks and he fills them
simultaneously and while you might
blanch at 100 gasoline bill dave's truck
took five hundred dollars worth it's out
of control i think it's extra thousand
dollars a month that's a house payment
for now we have enough diesel fuel but
as the hot summer wears on that is no
certainty traditional energy analyst
gary cunningham tells us there's a
reason for this too during covid low
demand shuttered the refineries that
make diesel and jet fuel they
essentially compete with each other some
didn't open back up and now there are
lots of us wanting to get away on missed
vacation
jet fuel demand has really taken off
and so we've got refineries who are now
scrambling to produce jet fuel meaning
they're producing less diesel and
supplies are tight and when your local
trucking company raises its prices to
keep up amazon free shipping that's
probably going away
all of those things that we've and the
price of a tomato is going to go up
because it has to be moved by truck and
now dave puma had to spend still more to
protect the diesel he's pumped it's an
extra locking device so steal your fuel
because the fuel prices are stealing the
fuel
and so now there's another thing to
consider in all of this you know we have
sanctions against russia for gasoline
but we don't have them against diesel so
it turns out we import a lot of russian
diesel that supply is now being
staunched it's getting tighter and so
this whole thing is in flux it's going
to get tough here before too long back
to you
rod any idea when we might see some
relief
well gary cunningham says at this point
it doesn't look like there's any in
sight at least for the next six months
he's looking at the end of the year
maybe after christmas it's a long time
okay
rod thanks well we asked our wdiv
insiders if they're changing their
memorial day weekend plans due to the
high gas prices 45 percent responded yes
they're no longer leaving for the
holiday 40 were sticking with their
travel plans and 15 were still deciding
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five percent wow we are hearing more
remarkable stories of survival out of
gaylord in the aftermath of that ef3
tornado that hit friday killing two
people and injuring dozens more even for
those who did get the warning coming
over their phone it meant they had to
make split-second decisions about where
to find shelter inside one business a
call was made that likely saved several
lives during the work day nick
monticelli joins us live again from
gaylord with a look at where employees
went to hide nick
dev unfortunately it was an oil change
shop so they had some place to go the
pits so this is not a beautiful brick
paved patio i'm standing on this
is the sidewall to the business that
toppled inside of the oil change but
this is just a piece of the damage take
a look live at drone four all the way
past us is the path hitting that
goodwill store and further you see that
roof ripped off completely in the corner
of that building as well there are so
many lives that were at stake it's
amazing more people weren't killed
quaker state oil change on m32 and
gaylord is or was one of the busiest oil
change shops in the region friday night
a team of five was working inside and
then a funnel really appeared steve
renaud knew there was only one safe
place to go
i just ordered the guys to get to the
pit
and they we all ran to the pit and it
was about 10 seconds later and this
building was gone
he says the tornado sitting on top of
them was deafening but it's not like a
train approaching it's like the train
just started up full throttle above your
head
the ears popping
the down draft once it passed one by one
they climbed out into reality one by one
they started coming out and then a state
trooper showed up
i didn't remember his name but god bless
his soul he helped me out
and we got to the pavement turned around
and looked and the rest is history oh my
gosh
it's crazy dan lewis is a regional
manager and saw what's left of the
building for the first time today
then he realized steve
saved co-workers lives for them to make
sure that they did get into the into the
basement before things hit was was a
great testament to steve's maturity
obviously
somebody told me that
but you just think that that would be
second nature
for the people that you work with or
care about
well fortunately he had that second
nature now just in case you missed it i
want to show you again right down there
is the pit that steve said get in there
that is our only way
to survive this thing and then he also
said once the tornado passed after
sitting on top of them for about 10 to
15 seconds so they could see a little
glimmer of daylight just enough to know
that they weren't dead and they might be
able to get out but as you heard getting
out was a challenge pushing their way
through all of this climbing out of this
door window over the cinder blocks
trying to get past the roofing nails and
then to safety and devin to make matters
worse as they were climbing out there
were people standing by saying stop stop
there's live wires on top of the
building then they had to freeze again
until that was taken care of
wow so getting out yeah was just the
start of of a survival story amazing
stuff there nick
really turns out to be the perfect storm
shelter we have posted a 16 minute drone
four tour of the damage in gaylord
giving you an eagle-eye view of all the
damage we've posted that link on the
homepage of clickondetroit.com
all right well tonight the world health
organization is investigating more than
90 cases of monkey pox in a dozen
countries including here in the united
states elite advisor says the
unprecedented outbreak may be connected
to sexual encounters at two raves in
spain and belgium so here's what experts
say we need to know about this rare but
potentially serious viral illness
so what is monkey pox it's a disease
from the same family as smallpox it's
found in animals in africa including
monkeys and rodents initial symptoms
include fever aches fatigue and swollen
lymph nodes typically one to three days
later a rash develops often starting on
the face and then spreading so how is
monkey pox spread not generally human to
human says dr aubry gordon from the
university of michigan school of public
health but when it is transmitted that
way it's usually through close contact
um so that's typically through large
droplets so think saliva
or through direct contact so from from
pus from the lesions on skin and this
particular outbreak does appear to be
being transmitted through sexual contact
um there's a lot of work going on right
now to figure out how it's being uh
transmitted and risk factors for being
exposed so how concerned should we be we
definitely need to keep an eye on it and
monitor it um but monkey pox at this
time isn't as transmissible as something
like sars kobe 2. with monkey pox it's
very unlikely that there will be a lot
of transmission before it's detected
just because it causes these really
characteristic characteristic
skin lesions right so it's pretty easy
to identify or much easier to identify
cases
well the smallpox vaccine can be used to
protect against monkey pox as well it
can even be given soon after an exposure
it's thought people who received the
vaccine previously may still have some
level of protection
now to our help me hank consumer
headlines we are tracking scams
including some tied to the tornado
already the tour through gaylord but
we're going to begin with a large recall
of peanut butter that's already made
more than a dozen people sick consumer
investigator hank winchester is live
hank this affects many varieties of
peanut butter a staple in so so many
homes
yup kimberly absolutely right we're
talking about jif peanut butter many
varieties including creamy peanut butter
we have all the information regarding
that recall for you right here
we begin with a big peanut butter recall
jif creamy crunchy reduced fat and
natural peanut butter products being
recalled this involves various sizes
sold throughout the country and here in
metro detroit it's all because of
salmonella contamination at the plant
currently 14 people report becoming ill
a tornado tore through gaylord and now
scammers making their move the attorney
general warning you to be on alert for
charity scams make sure you donate to
well-established known charities right
now the red cross united way and many
local churches accepting donations to
help those in need in northern michigan
and overall scams are on the rise since
january alone the ftc has received
almost 600 000 complaints about various
scams the most popular imposter lottery
and romance scams so far this year 390
000 cases of identity theft have already
been reported
the scam number is unfortunately growing
this year and if you yourself feel that
you're the victim of a scam not only
should you contact police but you should
also file information with the attorney
general's office so we can track these
scams and find out which areas are being
targeted right now so we can help keep
you informed we're live here tonight
hank winchester help me hank local 4.
you've got all right hank