Odd-even rationing for gasoline purchases began Saturday in 12 New Jersey counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.
Motorists across New Jersey faced a second day of stressful, enormous lines Thursday at the few gas stations that still had both electricity and supplies, as power outages kept many pumps out of service and tough travel made fuel deliveries difficult.
The U.S. Coast Guard opened the Port of New York and New Jersey on Thursday on a restricted basis to get gasoline and fuel to the areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy.
This is one of the things you worry about in a crisis, like the one we’re in the midst of right now.
That “not so neighborly” attitude that some of us have when faced with something as abnormal as we’re going through.
In Nutley, a long gas line was too long for some customers of one particular gas station…leading to some typical Jersey attitude on the part of the participants...