No fuel then!
We tried 5 petrol stations this evening to fill the car, so we didn't have to go out tomorrow...Jo has enough for two days right now, maybe - this situation blew up real quick! 72 hours....or less?
Met a guy tonight, who was nearly at the point of tears. He's spent the entire weekend ringing around garages, and then driving around, trying to find some fuel...he has 30 miles left in his car...he do any know what to do
Panic buyers....government blames the road haulage...everyone blames Brexit....but Brexit isn't the problems and neither is the RHA
The government was warned, and ignored the warnings...Brexit simply shone a light on the already existing problem
Meanwhile I'm waiting for my letter from the government asking me to consider returning to lorry driving....but I couldn't get there even if I wanted to
We've just got the older boys down to pray for our nation...we met many frightened and worried people who tonight
What a state our nation is in!
Andy B
We're in the UK. We're semi-rural.
30 petrol stations up near the Midlands had an issue getting fuel late last week. It happens, rarely, and would have not been an issue. But the media covered it, stirred up fear, and in less than 72 hours almost all petrol stations in the UK have now run out.
There is plenty of oil in the refineries, and perhaps 150 drivers too k few across the whole of the United Kingdom which shows panic buyers are being stupid again. We saw it in the late 90s, but that was a strike by the lorry drivers: people buy the fuel they truly don't need, just in case, and that quickly gets worse. This it really bad quicker than I'd expected
Jo has a couple of days worth of fuel to get to work...people are getting stuck away from home, unable to return as there is no fuel... she should drive to work 4 times this week...
@Berrybunchfamily @MiBurrito @tymektt This happened here a few months ago! I remember going to the grocery and people were in a panic! Then it went to the gas stations!
@davereimer @MiBurrito @tymektt supermarkets have many gaps across the UK...that isn't spoken of much
CO2 was almost not existent due to a spike in gas prices...the CO2 is heavily used for meat transport in the UK
Carbonated water disappeared weeks ago. Not a huge concern, but it's a basic thing you expect to see, and there's just permanent gaps now
@Berrybunchfamily @davereimer @tymektt
We have some empty shelves again in the grocery stores here Texas: USA
@MiBurrito @davereimer @tymektt what are the reasons - do you know?
@Berrybunchfamily @davereimer @tymektt Supposedly lack of supply. I wonder if it isn’t more than that. Maybe it is to get us conditioned to living this way always and is used as a means of controlling the people.
@MiBurrito @davereimer @tymektt brexit is being blamed over here. But all that did was shine a light on how poorly people have been systematically treated and paid (I was very happy when we voted to leave th EU!)
@Berrybunchfamily what is happening in the UK... I'm praying for you guys.
@Berrybunchfamily Oh no! Hope it’s only temporary!
@davereimer Its all ok, apparently...the government minister said so!!
In truth, no, not good...lots of fearful people, and we're all told to go in with our lives as normal....which is great, unless you need fuel to get to work....
Media hyped it out of proportion. UK Government pointing fingers at the general population, hauliers, the media, and anybody else they can ...but they were warned about this ages ago........it upsets me because it is totally unecessary...all those hurting people 😠
@Berrybunchfamily What country are you in? Praying