Gas Listed At $3.92 At Garden City, Michigan Station - Some Stations Empty

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.clickondetroit.com/money/4919883/detail.html

GARDEN CITY -- Gas prices continue to rise as damage from Hurricane Katrina has contributed to a shortage of fuel in Michigan.

The price of unleaded regular at a Marathon station in Garden City was at $3.92, but the owner told Local 4 that the station has been closed for three weeks. Motorists have been stopping to take pictures of the sign as evidence of rising prices across the metro Detroit area, Local 4 reported.

A price of $2.91 for regular unleaded at a station at Gratiot Avenue and Rochell in Detroit was beginning to look like a bargain compared to some other locations, the station reported.

At 12 Mile Road and Masonic in Roseville, prices have reached $3.29.

A BP station at 12 Mile and Southfield was at $3.05, while prices at a station across the street jumped to $3.44.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. What happened in Michigan?

[Michydem]

35. its up over $3.00 now..its at $3.19 on the west side fo the state...

[Earth_First]

38. $2.99 $3.11 $3.21 up .25 cents OVERNIGHT in Rochester, NY

in my hometown of Scottsville. Some stations in and around the area are in the 2.80-9 range for regular unleaded 87 octane, however I fear that will rapidly change into the $2.99(+) range very quickly..

[natrat]

2. havn't checked lately-they go up every hour

[meganmonkey]

3. It was $2.99 at almost every station I passed on my way to work

between Grass Lake and Ann Arbor.

[Zhade]

27. Same here in Los Angeles.

Glad I filled up the other night - it jumped ten cents overnight.

[sarcasmo]

4. $3.49 in Sand lake, $3.19 and rising every hour in Grand Rapids.

[Endangered Specie]

5. I guess Michagan is affected more because of their location

near the start of the mississippi?

[krkaufman]

16. Ummm.... Ya might want to review an atlas. n/t

[Endangered Specie]

22. i was never good at geography

[krkaufman]

25. Funny. The Mr Sippi starts up in Minnesota...

... and divides east from west, Minnesota and Iowa from Wisconsin and Illinois, etc...

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstat...

[Endangered Specie]

26. I was saying that areas that get their oil from the mississippi

probably are gonna have price soars, esp the ones furthest upstream and the surrounding states.

[krkaufman]

41. Gotcha. I'm not sure where IL's oil comes from, though.

Bottom line is... we're all gonna get hurt, since it's a big fat market. We'll be competing for oil from elsewhere now, driving up prices everywhere.

[Thor_MN]

29. Well, you are almost right...

Minnesota is the only state that Ole Miss runs through. I'm at home on the east side of the river now and work on the west side. I haven't been out of the state in over a year (damn, I need a vacation) and I cross the river more than 10 times a week.

[krkaufman]

40. Yes, of course....

I knew/know it starts in Minnesota ("starts up in Minnesota..."), but was very sloppy in saying it separates MN from WI, as it only does so at the southernmost strip of the shared border, from the twins down.

Thanks.

[krkaufman]

17. Maybe it's because Michigan goes through its gas faster....

... due to the much higher proportion of SUVs?

[Carni]

34. It has gone up like .75 cents since Sunday

It's a joke-

[Jersey Devil]

6. $2.70 to $2.89 in NJ, up about 20 cents since Monday (nt)

,

[beyurslf]

7. 2.54 to 2.69 over night Tues. Then to 2.79 on Wed evening.

Then today it jumped to 2.89

Where is the government? What are they doing?

[dchill]

10. Where is the government?

What are they doing?

Uh, they're making money.

[NWHarkness]

11. They better watch out

Granholm made her bones by going after gas gougers in 2000, when she was AG.

[noonwitch]

12. Actually, it was 2001 after 9-11. Cox has promised he will also prosecute

gougers. I'd like to believe he will, but he is a repub. He was a damn good prosecutor when he worked in the Wayne County Prosecutor's office before becoming AG, so hopefully he will follow up.

Geez, it's not like we don't have a refinery or anything. I just drove by it a couple of hours ago. It smelled to me like it was working properly. I believe there's also a refinery just outside of Toledo, in Oregon, OH.

[sarcasmo]

18. Can't stand the Child support AG what an ASSHAT.

[Demeter]

23. He Got Me 6 Years of Child Support For My Disabled Child

When Cox does his job, he does well. It's his politics that stink.

[sarcasmo]

44. Try being the poor sap who has no job getting thrown in jail for not

paying his child support he has no money to pay.

[Bushwick Bill]

8. I Saw 2.84 to 2.99

through Royal Oak and Southfield on my way to work. A BP I stopped at yesterday was out, though.

[Opusnone]

9. Garden City is not a wealthy area

Why are they charging so much for gas in Detroit?
If you think the looting in NOLA is bad, just wait for the gas wars to begin.

[MaineDem]

13. $2.89 and then $3.18 for regular here in Maine today

Two different stations. I'd say one is gouging, wouldn't you?

[Bozita]

14. just saw Sunoco at $3.299 on Michigan Ave in Dearborn

Another station nearby took his prices down but left the "3" up.

Both stations are about 3 miles from Garden City.

[Mari333]

15. gas gouging..Michiganders up in arms

its 3.29 here, went up from 2.99 yesterday

http://www.wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=19098&tem...

[Maggie_May]

19. Just filled up

$3.19 in Michigan. I don't have a SUV have a Mom mobile (Van)

[Just Me]

20. Three dollars and 20 freakin cents in West "by God" Virginia!!!!

A forty cent increase, OVERNIGHT!!!! Crapola!!!!

[okieinpain]

21. ah yes, panic buying. my daughter saw a guy yesterday with

a trailer on his suv. she said that he had about 8 or ten huge gas cans, and he was filling them all up. she said the funny thing was he had that stupid "w04" sticker in the window.

[Mari333]

24. Michigan retailers get their gas from the south, thats why

just read about it on www.wwmt.com

http://www.wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=19107&tem...

[muwriter]

28. Consequence of just-in-time inventory

The whole oil-gas-gas station chain is badly disrupted right now.

[Winston702]

30. You are correct!!!

J.I.T is the cause for the rapid fluctuations. There is no surge capacity built into the oilfield/refinery/gas system. JIT aims to maximize efficincy by carrying minimal inventories. To have 1 million gallons of gasoline in storage st $3/gallon is to tie up $3 million dollars of capital that could be used to create more money by investments, etc.

The cause for the local shortages is the rapidly increasing prices. Myself, on my way to work this morning heard reports of a $0.50 increase beginning, I immediately topped off my tank, although I didn't need to. When many people do this in a short amount of time, local shortage occur.

Price caps will not work either. If gas is capped at $3.00 retail, what will happen when the wholesale price exceeds $3.00?? Is the station owner obliged to sell it for less than he buys it for??

If I may quote Full Metal Jacket, "We have all been served a big shit sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite."

[PassingFair]

31. I cry FOUL on this report!

There IS NO 12 Mile and Masonic, as Masonic is 13-1/2 Mile Road!
I live on Masonic, Sir, and it cannot bisect 12 Mile!
That said, regular was posted as $3.29 this morning.
Mrs. Grumpy called the authorities on 'em!

[MadisonProgressive]

32. In Madison it was 2.67 yesterday, 3.00 today - +.33

[MadisonProgressive]

39. They just raised it to 3.09

[Ramsey]

33. $3.54 in Philly

$3.67 for premium un leaded.

$20 for 6 gallons of gas!!

[llmart]

36. I passed by the same gas station three times today......

and there was a different price every time! At 5 PM on my way home from work it was at $3.12 (Macomb County, Michigan). This is definitely taking advantage of the situation.

[west michigan]

37. $3.48 A 8:30 this morn in muskegon

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[susanna]

42. In my corner of Michigan...

we had a .30 fluctuation in a one-mile radius. We're in an oil refinery/truck route area downriver. (Usually we're way cheaper than the suburbs because our gas doesn't have to be transported too far from refinery to pump.)

The prices:
3.29 near the freeway...
3.19 a little off the beaten path...
2.99 this station always lags a bit in raising prices (so everyone goes there when prices start jumping)

edit: clarity

[conflictgirl]

43. I paid $3.29 here in mid-Michigan today.

I don't expect it to go down again much, though.

[Giant Robot]

45. $3.55 in Traverse City yesterday

I nearly keeled over at that!! It jumped at least 60 cents a gallon, and that's just for regular unleaded, no fancy stuff here. Unfortuantely I was on fumes, and yesterday was payday. I wonder if I can get unemployment when I can't afford to go to work anymore???

[noonwitch]

52. Tourist city+holiday weekend=gouging

I'm going to St. Joe, but I frequently go to Traverse City because my grandparents live there. If I had money, I'd live up on the Old Mission Penninsula, where Grandpa does. It's such a beautiful place.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

46. $2.99 for unleaded regular here in the Huntsville, AL, area.

[Deja Q]

47. Wow, that was quick.

3.5 days after the hurricane and everyone is ending up empty.

Anybody else smell fish?

[sarcasmo]

50. Two oil Barons in the White House. Do you need to smell any further than

those two ASSHATS.

[greyl]

48. 3.25 - Providence Forge VA last night nt

[LostinVA]

49. $2.19 MOnday, $3.19 today -- Charlottesville, VA

AND I was told we do NOT get most of our gas from the two pipelines supposedly affected...

[noonwitch]

51. Yesterday it was $3.29 where I filled up

I passed a couple of places where it was $3.15, but they had long lines. I'm going out of town tomorrow, and wanted to fill up in case there was a shortage today. I think prices will drop a little next week, after they are done gouging us over the holiday, and when refineries outside of the gulf region are maximizing production.