What's the deal with PHX running out of gas?

I saw in the paper today that Phoenix doesn't have practicly any gas & that there are big lines at every gas station. Is it really as bad as they made it sound?

Geez, I leave for summer & you fools go & run out of gas... sheesh ;) lol j/k

some pipe line broke, and its costing ME extra price in gas :mad:

yes I waited 45 minutes one day, but have heard people waiting for 2 hours. Premium is scarce, and even though there is no shortage, they decided to charge more.

Price of gas has gone up about $0.40 per gallon in just over a week!
If the pipe line is damaged it means they can't deliver. I could understand the supply and demand theory applying in PHX. But how is that affecting the price of gas in Southern California. There should be a surplus everywhere else. Unless there is another explaination, it seems like blatant price gouging to me.

Makes me rethink the purchase of my next car (read econo - compact).

ya it sux i know 2.09 for 91 octane is crazy and i use the 87 stuff and its still only twenty cents cheeper...... geez it sux to be in cali :cry:

wtf are you bitching about? 2.09 for premium? it's 2.29 for premium & 2.09 for regular here in Diamond Bar & the surrounding areas

Bah, it's jacking w/ our gas prices too. They say lots of our gas is being diverted to AZ.
We are up to almost 2/gal. for premium too.
:(

somebody helppppppppp meeeee

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

why is this happening. prices went up, down and up again WTF:mad: :mad:

I must be missing something here? How does a lack of fuel in Phoenix raise prices everywhere else? Is this pipeline supplying gas to a storage facility or raw oil to a refinery? If it is a refinery then I can understand why there is a shortage. That would mean they are taking from the fuel in storage from the surrounding areas and trucking it in to Phoenix. So prices are up because of a general shortage and the cost of trucking added on.

I've heard this pipeline was damaged in July. What's taking so long to fix it? Of course once it gets fixed it will take "some time" to recover.:rolleyes: