Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Shades of the Carter years

We were in Virginia Beach for a few days, visiting #1 Son and the grandchildren, and coming back today turned out to be something of a challenge. I read in the news about the cyber-attack on the Colonial pipeline, and not only filled up in Virginia Beach, but topped off the tank about 60 miles down the road. I was pretty sure we had enough gas at that point to make it home, but decided to look around for another station, just in case. To my consternation, the majority of them appeared to have run out. We found a BP station that had a long line, so we managed to fill up again there, but it was a petroleum wasteland once we got into Brunswick County.

Now, if Trump were president, he'd have turned the full force of our law enforcement agencies loose on the malefactors, and probably put in place an emergency plan for diverting at least some emergency gasoline supplies to the affected area (southeastern U.S.). The last I heard, the Dementia Kid was at first denying there was a shortage, and also refraining from doing anything, either to help with the security breach or to deal with the gasoline shortage once he finally admitted that it existed (which, as I can vouch for first hand, is very real).

Anyhow, we made it home, and home is where we're staying.

7 comments:

RebeccaH said...

I shudder to think what it's going to be like in November when we try to drive back to Florida. They keep cutting off pipelines, banning fracking, doing everything they can to cripple the energy sector, and supposedly there aren't enough trained tank truck drivers (where did they all go?). What do they hope to gain by this, other than crippling the nation?

Paco said...

I wouldn't be in the least surprised to learn that there are people in the Biden administration (up to and including the Chief Dunce) who think this is a good opportunity to start weaning people off the gasoline engine and fossil fuels - so, just another crisis to not let go to waste.

Deborah said...

My thought exactly.

Richard told me that Jen Psaki handed the question to another government official who stated that paying the ransom is a private sector. (*Still looking for the video.)

Deborah said...

Maybe that's why Biden is going to meet with Carter. He wants tips on how to manage a oil/gas shortage because Carter did it sooo well.

RebeccaH said...

Our first inkling that they actually paid the ransom will be another jump in gas prices, because no one will ever admit that they did. Of course, paying ransom guarantees more hacking and more ransoms.

richard mcenroe said...

https://twitter.com/SamiJK/status/1392560489876672525

Veeshir said...

So..... we have Iranians taking Americans hostage to look forward to.