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AT FIVE-THIRTY. I'M BARRY
AND I'M LAURA HUTCHINSON ALL
CONNECTICUT. HURRICANE SANDY
AND FLOODED TWO GAS TERMINALS
THAT WE RELY ON FOR GAS HERE IN
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
WE WERE SPARED MOST OF SANDY'S
WRATH HERE IN WESTERN
CANNOT BE SAID FOR SOUTHERN
AND FLOODING BATTERED THE
COASTLINE. BUT WHERE WE COULD
EVENTUALLY FEEL SANDY'S IMPACT
IS AT THE PUMP.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO SHORTAGE
OF SUPPLY IT COULD IN A DAY OR
SO TURN INTO THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF SUPPLY.
FRANK ROBERTS, OF F.L. ROBERTS
TOLD 22NEWS TWO LOCAL SOURCES OF
FUEL ARE NOT OPERATING IN
SANDY'S AFTERMATH.
IN CONNECTICUT AND
MASSACHUSETTS WILL TYPICALLY GET
THEIR GAS SUPPLIES FROM EITHER
HERE IN SPRINGFIELD OR DOWN IN
TERMINALS. BUT HURRICANE SANDY
LEFT 2 MAJOR TERMINALS IN NEW
HAVEN WITHOUT POWER. UNTIL THOSE
REGIONAL GAS COMPANIES ARE
DRIVING UP TO THIS SUPPLY DEPOT
IN SPRINGFIELD TO FILL THEIR
TANKERS. ROBERTS SAYS ONE GOOD
THING IS LOTS OF PEOPLE IN
WESTERN MASS. BOUGHT EXTRA GAS
BEFORE THE STORM, SO DEMAND IS
LOWER. SOME DRIVERS THINK THE
EITHER.
ACTUALLY I WAS SHOCKED. PART OF
THE REASON I TURNED IN HERE WAS
IT'S 3.69, OUT WHERE I AM IT'S
DOWN.
ROBERTS TOLD 22NEWS EVEN IF
THEIR IS A SHORTAGE DOWN THE
ROAD, HE SAYS THEIR PRICES ARE
MARKET.
PRICING OUR PRODUCT USE THE
SAME PRICING DECISIONS AND
NOT, WE PRICE IT THE SAME WAY WE
AND WHETHER THERES A SHORTAGE OR
NOT, WE PRICE IT THE SAME WAY WE
WOULD'VE PRICED IT IF
THERE WASN'T A SHORTAGE.
HAVEN...ONE OF THEM WAS FLOODED,
THE OTHER HAS NO POWER. NO WORD