From my station!

Gas Lines Stretch For Miles

POSTED: 5:42 p.m. EST December 6, 2002 UPDATED: 6:00 p.m. EST December 6, 2002

DURHAM, N.C. -- Lingering effects from the recent winter weather caused tempers to heat up Friday, when Durham police were called to keep the peace when the crowd at a gas station got a little rowdy.

Customers at a Durham gas station were fuming after waiting in long lines to get fuel.

Dozens of cars lined up for hours at a BP gas station to get fuel. Cars stretched down the road to the intersection of Highway 70 near 15-501.

Cars tried to approach the gas station from every direction, but there was nowhere to go.

"I think it's horrible, unbelievable. People are driving like crazy," driver Pamela Bowman said.

Some people abandoned their cars and simply stood in line with gas cans.

"I've been here since 8 a.m. It's maddening. Thank God, I'm at the pump now, so I'm happy," driver Marlene Moses said.

People reportedly used just about everything to fill their tanks ranging from gas containers, milk jugs and even 2-liter bottles of Sprite.

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2002

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>milk jugs and even 2-liter bottles of Sprite.

And I imagine that no one dared stop them. Talk about dangerous . . .

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2002

not only dangerous, but horrible. sprite does not taste good mixed with gas. very bad mix.

-- Anonymous, December 07, 2002