Gas Shortage

[GeoBoy]

If we all buy electric cars we’ll be ok. CNN is working on the story as we speak.

Really, what happens when they hack our electric grid? It will happen!

[RanchRoper]

Oh I was only joking. Wouldn’t be caught dead in an electric car. Unless it was a hearse I guess.

[markiver54]

This is a thread that could easily get political, so I applaud everyone in attendance for not letting that happen!

[Jdl447]

$2.71.9 a gal. Here in N.E. OH. No lines.

[GunnyGene]

As I mentioned up thread, the Colonial attack has spurred an expected response by government.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cybera ... iden-watch

And:

Excerpt:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo ... -networks/

Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and protect federal government networks. Recent cybersecurity incidents such as SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange, and the Colonial Pipeline incident are a sobering reminder that U.S. public and private sector entities increasingly face sophisticated malicious cyber activity from both nation-state actors and cyber criminals. These incidents share commonalities, including insufficient cybersecurity defenses that leave public and private sector entities more vulnerable to incidents.

This Executive Order makes a significant contribution toward modernizing cybersecurity defenses by protecting federal networks, improving information-sharing between the U.S. government and the private sector on cyber issues, and strengthening the United States’ ability to respond to incidents when they occur. It is the first of many ambitious steps the Administration is taking to modernize national cyber defenses. However, the Colonial Pipeline incident is a reminder that federal action alone is not enough. Much of our domestic critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, and those private sector companies make their own determination regarding cybersecurity investments. We encourage private sector companies to follow the Federal government’s lead and take ambitious measures to augment and align cybersecurity investments with the goal of minimizing future incidents.

Specifically, the Executive Order the President is signing today will:

[GeoBoy]

I think the government should mandate cyber security in ALL critical services/infrastructure , weather they are government or privately held and closely monitor it. This nonsense has to stop.

[JEBar]

schools in our part of NC closed tomorrow, students will have virtual instruction, because of the fuel shortage

[Llew Taranau]

BTW, those pics going around about a woman putting gas in plastic bags bc of the pipeline shutdown? Nope.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hoard ... n=recycled
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2 ... as-becaus/

[JEBar]

May 13, 2021. After the gas shortage in North Carolina peaked Wednesday night (May 12) with nearly 75% of all stations reporting no gasoline, the numbers slightly improved Thursday morning, with around 71% of stations experiencing a shortage, according to ABC 11.

[BigAl52]

What we keep hearing about this and what to believe is what one must decide for him or herself. So far Im not hearing much in the way of punishment if they really do know who did this. Weak and Sad in my book and should have never happened to begin with.