Frustration builds as some gas stations run out of gasoline amid cybersecurity attack on pipeline

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AT ONE STATION THAT'S STILL OUT UNTIL THE NEXT DELIVERY. ANY IDEA WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN? >> MICHAEL AND CAROL THAT ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. THEY GOT TANKER TRUCK TO COME. THIS IS RIGHT OFF EXIT 27 ON HIGHWAY 81. YOU CAN SEE EVERY PUMP HAS A CAR AND ALSO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, CARS ARE WAITING IN LINE, IF YOU TURN AND LOOK MORE ACROSS THE STREET YOU'LL SEE THE EXXON WITHOUT GAS AND FURTHER DOWN BEHIND THIS 18-WHEELER, THE BP WITHOUT GAS, CAUSING FRUSTRATION AN IMPATIENCE HERE IN THE UPSTATE. >> IT'S CRAZY. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR MINDS. >> IT'S A RACE TO THE PUMP TODAY. >> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I RAN INTO THAT HAD GAS. >> AS GASOLINE PRICES GO UP. >> AND SUPPLY GOES DOWN. >> SHE SAYS NOBODY HAS GOT GAS. >> PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY 81 TRYING TO STOCK UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. >> WHAT WE SAW, ONE OF TWO THINGS. A STATION LIKE THIS ONE HAD GAS AND WAS PACKED PUMPED-TO-PUMP, OR A STATION LIKE THIS ONE, ALREADY OUT, CLOSED DOWN UNTIL THE NEXT SHIPMENT. >> I'VE BEEN TO ABOUT FOUR GAS STATIONS ALREADY AND THEY WERE ALL OUT. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE BEEN TO THAT HAS HAD GAS. >> THE LARGEST PIPELINE ON THE EAST COAST FOLLOWING A RANSOMWARE ATTACK EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BACK ONLINE BY THE END OF THE WEEK, NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. >> PEOPLE FILLING UP GAS CANS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK, YOU KNOW? >> THIS VIDEO, TANKERS LINED UP AT THE COLONIAL PIPELINE TRYING TO GET GAS OUT TO LOCAL STATIONS. THAT LINE GROWING. JUST LIKE THIS LINE GROWING, JUST LIKE FRUSTRATION GROWING, TOO. >> MAYBE IT WILL CALM DOWN BECAUSE THEY SAID TO JUST LET IT RIDE AND IT WOULD BE BACK UP BY THE END OF THE WEEK. >> YOU'VE JUST GOT TO DO WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO AND JUST LOAD UP ON GAS AND NOT TRY TO GO TOO FAR AWAY FROM HOME. >> NOW, AT THE STATE LEVEL, EXPERTS AND POLITICIANS INSISTING AGAINST PANIC BUYING. WHEN YOU COME OUT TO BUY GAS BUY WHAT YOU NEED AND SAVE THE REST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ALSO NEED THAT GAS. EVERYONE OUT HERE TRYING TO FILL THEIR CARS UP, BUT YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY IF PANIC AND OVERBUYING GASOLINE RIG

Frustration builds as some gas stations run out of gasoline amid cybersecurity attack on pipeline

Updated: 8:51 PM EDT May 11, 2021

Some people say they’ve had to travel to many gas stations before finding one that still had supply.

Some people say they’ve had to travel to many gas stations before finding one that still had supply.

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