The Situation Room (CNN) - 2008-09-12 - 5 p.m. (E) (Hurricane Ike)
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[0:00] involving these long gasoline lines.
[0:02] Abby, what are we seeing?
[0:03] >> Wolf, it's not just in Texas. Around the
[0:05] southeast, we've been getting pictures
[0:06] in like this. People fearing that prices
[0:09] are about to skyrocket with this storm
[0:12] leading to scenes like this at gas
[0:14] stations. This is College Station in
[0:16] Texas. Kyle Norton had an hourong wait
[0:19] this afternoon, but elsewhere as well.
[0:21] Alpharetta, Georgia, Charleston, South
[0:23] Carolina. We're hearing from these eye
[0:25] reporters that there's rumors flying
[0:27] that people are queuing up to get gas
[0:29] because they think that at any moment
[0:30] these prices are going to be increased
[0:32] by the gas stations. Further a field as
[0:35] well, this is a gas station Kangaroo
[0:36] Express in Indiana where the sign on the
[0:39] gas pump says please limit your purchase
[0:42] to 10 gallons. This has been going on in
[0:44] the last 24 hours from the parent
[0:46] company who said that they're taking a
[0:48] proactive approach to what they call a
[0:50] limited supply. But what we were told by
[0:53] this eye reporter, Curtis McNeely, is it
[0:55] was just breeding a sense of paranoia
[0:56] and the people purchasing gas and they
[0:58] were just going back for more. Wolf.
[1:00] >> All right, Abby, stand by. I know you're
[1:02] getting a lot of these eye reports
[1:04] coming in. And to our viewers, you're in
[1:06] the situation room happening now.
[1:08] Breaking news. A killer storm sends out
[1:10] a wall of water that could top 20 ft.
[1:14] Hurricane Ike takes direct aim at
[1:16] Galveastston, Texas, where some
[1:17] residents have been warned to flee or
[1:20] die. Coast Guard helicopters sent to
[1:23] rescue dozens