Good Morning:

It is oddly quiet at the office today. People can't get to work because they are out of gas.

Hurricane Harvey, though 400 miles away from Dallas-Fort Worth, has buried the refineries in Houston under water. Refinery production has come to a halt. Labor Day travel in conjunction with refinery stoppage has resulted in a gas shortage in Texas.

Gas stations all over DFW are sold out of gas, lines stretch out for over a mile as people clamor to fill up their tanks. The panic of a gas shortage is exacerbating the issue.

This morning, the gas station by my house was sold out of everything except the ultra-premium. It cost me over 3.00 per gallon but I filled up. I never thought I would be one of the only people at the office because people don't have enough fuel to get to work.

It reminds me of the gas shortages of the late 70s and early 80s. There were even instances of tempers getting out of hand at the pumps.

Are other states seeing shortages?