Gasoline stations across the Rio Grande Valley are filled with drivers worried about a shortage of fuel in light of a number of refineries in Texas being forced to shutdown because of Hurricane Harvey.
Gasoline stations across the Rio Grande Valley are filled with drivers worried about a shortage of fuel in light of a number of refineries in Texas being forced to shutdown because of Hurricane Harvey.
From Brownsville to San Benito and from Harlingen to McAllen convenience stores and grocery stores alike had long lines at the gas pumps.
Energy experts say the price of gasoline is expected to rise in the coming days, but most don’t believe there will be a shortage of fuel because there are ample stockpiles of gas.
But that didn’t stop drivers from waiting in long lines to fillup with one Exxon station in Brownsville sold out of fuel Monday night.
The H-E-B in San Benito on Business 77 had at least 25 to 30 cars waiting to fillup. Some drivers honked at others as each one tried to get to the gas pump next. The H-E-B on Morgan Boulevard in Harlingen had long lines as well.
At the two Stripes stores on Business 77 in San Benito, motorists were parked on the shoulder of the wrong side of the road as they waited to fill their cars and pickups. Police were called and a dispatcher said officers were going to be sent to control traffic.
Even in Rio Hondo, where there is only one place to buy gasoline, each of the 16 pumps at the Stripes convenience store at FM 106 and State Highway 345 had a car at the pump and two or three drivers waiting in line to go next.
