Comments on: Gas Crisis in Nashville

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:24:24 +0000

Bottomline: I had to wait an hour to get gas. I hated it. And if people hadn’t freaked out (or been too greedy), we wouldn’t have run out.

Linejustabovebottomline: I also have lived in Nashville for about 5 years AND have lived in the north for the 20 years before that…I realize that Nashville may not be as adequately equipped as Michigan to handle certain elements, but anyone can admit that Nashvillians DO tend to panic just a little too much…

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:51:52 +0000

This whole article with the comments made me laugh a little. It was interesting to say the least.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:14:27 +0000

Where in the world did comment #7 come from? I was a bit taken by it… then busted out in pure laughter! What happened?

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:25:01 +0000

David, you’re always causing trouble.

By: Ryan Akers

Ryan Akers — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:43:56 +0000

What was so offensive about David’s post about Nashville? It sounds accurate to me, coming from someone who has lived in Nashville for four years, and in the surrounding area for my whole life. When snow is coming, people “prepare”. The attitude in your comment was a bit sassy, just to be honest.

The truth is, since Nashville is in the south, yet not exempt to getting snow every now and then – people don’t know how to react and drive on snow/ice.

Finally, with gas being the issue, it’s a combination of panic, media, and pure ignorance on people’s parts.

By: DavidJones

DavidJones — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:28:00 +0000

Btw Pusch…I was informed by an unnamed source that someone aligned with Al Gore HAS tried to push this off on Bush and blame him for it. While we’re at it, let’s blame him for the collapse of the Cardinals and Tigers and for switching over to that annoying new Facebook format

By: DavidJones

DavidJones — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:25:23 +0000

Well, first of all, I’ve lived in Nashville for about 5 years, in summer and winter, so I have some idea of how things work. I wasn’t attacking TDOT or any government agency for the way the snow is handled. I was saying that drivers take one of two extremes. If there’s flurries, it seems the whole city shuts down. However, if the flurries are gone but black ice is left, it is completely ignored and people fly 85 mph on it. I agree…black ice is dangerous…and people don’t know how to drive on it. Concerning the shortage of food and supplies, I’ve personally experienced it and seen the reports on the news. Granted, it might only be in the Green Hills/Belle Meade part of town where it happened…but it happened.

With the gas issue, CNN reported that a rumor circulated on Friday that gas was going to run out in the city. Therefore, people did the worst thing possible and panicked. This same thing could have happened in any other city…but it happened in Nashville. On the news tonight, they showed people filling up their trucks, and then filling up milk jugs and placing them in the back of their trucks. Sounds kinda crazy and dangerous to me. Shipments are coming in, but since people are panicking, the demand is higher than the supply

Currently, Nashvillians ARE unique to this problem because it’s not happening anywhere else right now. Knoxville and Atlanta saw portions of the problem, but not nearly to this height. I have nothing against Nashvillians (except the ignorant hockey fans…but thats a completely different story) and I consider myself one. My simple point is, people here in this city (that I live in) went way overboard with this problem and turned something simple into Armageddon. Granted, the media did not help one bit!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:11:40 +0000

Um…your description of Nashville clearly shows you must not know the city very well. Think about this:
-we don’t have a system in place to combat snow, ice, etc. like Northern cities do. For one thing, we really don’t need it. For another, if we did implement such a system of salting trucks, better asphalt, snowplows, etc., it would be at enormous cost. I think most can agree that they can deal with a day or two of ice rather than pay out the butt for a system that might be really used only twice a year. Maybe. If we’re lucky.
-Also, we don’t really get snow…we get black ice. That is, ice that is pretty darned hard to see. Ice tends to be a wee bit slippery, and people, including those from other cities, can’t drive on ice. I don’t care if you lived in the Arctic for 20 years, unless you have awesome tires, you will slip on the black ice. It makes anyone nervous to slip in the road.
-I have lived here pretty much all my life, and I can’t remember one occassion when bread or milk has been impossible to find. It might be out at one store, but be available down the road. This gas shortage is totally different.
-And finally, I really find it hard to believe that no other city in America would panic if they didn’t have gas. I also find it hard to believe that panic itself is responsible. If regular shipments were coming in, then I can see maybe a small shortage, but to be out this long, I am lead to believe that a lack of shipments is to blame.

So quit acting like Nashvillians are unique to this problem, because I know people in Chicago would panic too if they thought they wouldn’t be able to get to work, school, the grocery store, the doctor, etc.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:56:00 +0000

I’m glad I left.
Grocery stores should have panic express lanes: bread, milk, and water only.
And nothing should go in a coffee mug except coffee.

By: Bree

Bree — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:05:19 +0000

Ohhh how I miss Nashville