September 16, 2016 – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley issued an executive order Thursday declaring a state of emergency in Alabama over concerns about fuel shortages in the wake of a gasoline pipeline spill that released about 250,000 gallons of gasoline south of Birmingham and shut down a major pipeline connecting refineries in Houston with the rest of the country. <br />Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued a similar executive order for his state on Tuesday. <br /> <br />North Carolina Governor McCrory’s office declared a state of emergency today, due to the gas shortage expected from a major pipeline burst in Alabama. <br /> <br />Locally, by Saturday afternoon stations in some counties began restricting purchases to only 10 gallons, and some stations are completely out of gas for the time being. <br />Read more here <br />http://marygreeley.com/?page_id=36570
