Gas shortage wipes out weekend across the South

Gas shortage wipes out weekend across the South - washingtonpost.com:

"RALEIGH, N.C. -- This is how serious the Southeastern gas shortage has become: There's talk of calling off college football.

Not serious talk, of course. A petroleum executive's suggestion that No. 3 Georgia postpone its Saturday night game against No. 8 Alabama was quickly dismissed Friday by the Georgia governor's office as 'ridiculous.'

But the university's police chief did suggest fans who can't make a round trip to Sanford Stadium on a single tank stay home. "