A gas shortage is crippling New York after superstorm Sandy. Picture: NBC News
THINGS are getting ugly in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
Forget the warm, fuzzy sense of neighbourliness that came after the disaster. That was sooooo Wednesday afternoon. Frustration is now boiling over as desperate locals queue up to six hours for petrol.
Across New York and New Jersey, up to 80 per cent of gas stations remain closed after the storm. The stations are closed not only because of a supply shortage, but because power is still out, and power is required to pump petrol.
Hundreds of people in need of petrol have queued up in New Jersey to purchase as much as possible. Source: Getty Images
At the few stations which remain open, the only thing running hotter than demand is people's tempers.
Fistfights have reportedly broken out in line-ups, while police and the army have been called in to restore order.
A girl holds jerry cans while waiting in line at a gas station in Hazlet township, New Jersey. Source: Getty Images
As local resident Chris Woehrle said on Facebook:
"Fist fights in gas lines and police drawing guns on people to stop them. Only a couple of days into this and civilization is rapidly breaking down. Another week of this and it'll be full-on Thunderdome out there."
Gas is now running out at many stations, as people queue on foot with containers to fill their home power generators.
The fact that people are in proximity to each other, rather than being struck in their cars, is another factor turning rage into violence.
As @metrogypsy tweeted: Someone just pulled a knife at Greenpoint #gas station as line stretches with hours long wait #gettingrealFAST.
Desperate residents have taken to social media to talk about the violence at gas stations. Source:
Fuel tankers were allowed back into the ports of New York and New jersey on Thursday, but with 13 of the region's 33 fuel terminals and two major fuel pipelines still closed, there's no relief in sight.
Meanwhile, food remains in short supply for residents of New York's Lower East Side and East Village, with many resorting to eating throwaway food from dumpsters – a practise known as "Dumpster Diving".
Things are looking a little better in Newark, New Jersey. When local resident @my_serenelove tweeted Newark mayor Cory Booker to ask when power was back on, the mayor invited her over to his house to relax and watch DVDs using his electricity.
Maybe they watched Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
Chris Zaturoski uses a garden hose to attempt to siphon gasoline from his car to use in a generator at his New Jersey house. Source: AP
A man lifts a jerry can over his head to see if there is any gasoline left at a gas station in Hazlet township, New Jersey. Source: Getty Images
So many motorists wish to fill up that state troopers have been dispatched. Source: Getty Images
A gas station attendant fills a customer's Jerry cans with gasoline in New Jersey. Source: Getty Images
Cars queue for miles to get to a gas station in Toms River, New Jersey. Source: Getty Images
Traffic is gridlocked on the Long Island Expressway into Manhattan. Source: AP
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