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Reports of Hurricane Ike-related gas supply disruptions sent people throughout the Southeast racing to fill up on Friday. Extremely high demand then caused many gas stations to run dry, and spot prices for gas to jump more than a $1 a gallon in some places. Differences between chain stores and independent stores, as well as how much gas stores already had in their tanks compared to how much they had to buy, led to wide variations between pump prices around Gaffney. Photos show just how wide those variations could be, from the $3.42 a gallon price at Johnny Little's service station on North Logan Street to the $4.49 a gallon at a gas station near Old Post Road.
Reports of Hurricane Ike-related gas supply disruptions sent people throughout the Southeast racing to fill up on Friday. Extremely high demand then caused many gas stations to run dry, and spot prices for gas to jump more than a $1 a gallon in some places. Differences between chain stores and independent stores, as well as how much gas stores already had in their tanks compared to how much they had to buy, led to wide variations between pump prices around Gaffney. Photos show just how wide those variations could be, from the $3.42 a gallon price at Johnny Little's service station on North Logan Street to the $4.49 a gallon at a gas station near Old Post Road.
