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22NEWS IS LIVE AT OUR HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY BUREAU.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
DRIVING PEOPLE TO GAS STATIONS
ACROSS THE STATE.
AND IF YOU PLAN ON FILLING UP
AND STORING GAS, 22NEWS REPORTER
ANARIDIS RODRIGUEZ JOINS US WITH
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD
DEFINITELY... NOT DO.
EARLY MODELS PREDICT THE
AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE SANDY CAN
HIT WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS
EARLY AS MONDAY.
BY NOW, MANY FAMILIES ARE
PREPARING FOR THE STORM AND WE
RAN INTO MOST OF THEM AT THE
RACING MART IN NORTHAMPTON.
DOZENS OF DRIVERS MADE THEIR WAY
IN AND OUT OF THE GAS STATION
FILLING UP THEIR TANKS AND
FILLING UP CONTAINERS TO STORE
GAS. THE STATE'S FIRE MARSHAL
SAYS IF YOU HAVE TO STORE
GASOLINE, YOUR TRUNK IS THE LAST
PLACE TO DO IT IN. STORE IT
OUTSIDE YOUR HOME, IN YOUR
GARAGE AND AWAY FROM ANY HEAT.
WE DO ALWAYS IT'S A GOOD
PRACTICE TO HAVE BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO, FOR
EXAMPLE. WE'VE NEVER STORED IT
JUST FILLED UP OUR TANK.
I TALK WITH A FEW PEOPLE LAST
COUPLE OF FEW DAY THEY SAY THE
STORM IS COMING. I SEE MORE
PEOPLE BUYING GAS FILLING THEIR
CAR TANKS, I'M SELLING MORE
BATTERIES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS.
THE GASOLINE YOU STORE ALSO HAS
A SHELF LIFE. TO FIND OUT ABOUT
HOW LONG IT WILL LAST, LOG ON TO
OUR WEBSITE, WWLP.COM. LIVE IN
NORTHAMPTON, ANARIDIS RODRIGUEZ,