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by qndreoi 1968 days ago
It seems that gas stations would not work during a power outage. Santa Ana winds cause lots of edge case problems.
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“What if all the gas pumps go offline because of power or network outages” was a pretty scary failure mode they were thinking about before Y2K.
You are right, but I have cans of gasoline as part of my emergency kit in case of an earthquake or fire.