As Florida residents prepare for Hurricane Dorian to make landfall, the state has set up police escorts to deliver more gas to stations, waived service and truck rates for fuel trucks and ordered a million gallons of water.
As Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida as an extremely dangerous and potentially life-threatening storm, residents are scrambling to secure supplies at crowded grocery stores and waiting for hours at gas stations that are running out of fuel.
"Two days ago, no one was worried," said Sarah Lam, a clinical researcher living in Miami. "Everyone's in survival mode now." Dorian could also be the first hurricane of Category 4 or higher to hit Florida since 1992, when Hurricane Andrew came ashore near Homestead, about an hour from Miami, killing 61 people and causing $27 billion in damage.
The Florida National Guard has activated 2,500 members, with another 1,500 on standby. The state has also ordered a million gallons of water and sent 860,000 bottles of water to counties. However, AAA Florida assured residents that there was still plenty of gas to fill cars and the gas tanks for generators, as long as port terminals remain open and trucks continue to make deliveries. And Colonial Pipeline, which deliveries gas and diesel fuel,"Gas stations can only hold so much fuel at a time. As hurricanes approach, retailers run out of gasoline, like stores run out of water," said AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins.
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