Jay Jones left work with a nearly empty tank of gas and drove by several service stations with long lines before deciding he had to stop.
“I passed a lot where the lines were on the road,” said Mr. Jones, a Hixson resident who was driving home from U.S. Xpress.
When he finally got the RaceTrac gas station on Highway 153, there were about 40 cars, he said.
A possible surge in gas prices sent a panic through Chattanooga drivers Thursday evening leading to long lines, gas outages and even police at some stations.
The so-called panic was caused by fears that Hurricane Ike could cripple the country's refining capabilities, according to a report issued by the Oil Price Information Service, a Maryland-based company that makes daily reports on fluctuations in petroleum prices and news from the industry.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
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