The article "Fuel scramble as storm-hit gas pumps dry up" by David Sheppard and Edward McAllister is about the amount of gas stations in the New York area and New Jersey that were closed due to hurricane sandy.  Some gas stations either had not power to generate gas or ran out of gas. People from all over New York and New Jersey drove many miles to find open gas stations so that they can full up car tanks and collect gas for generators at home. “It’s making people think about whether they can get to work, whether they have enough gas in the tank to get there and back,” said Jenn Hibbs. "More than 80 percent of filling stations in the state were unable to sell gasoline as of Wednesday morning", said Sal Risalvato, head of the New Jersey Gasoline, Convenience, Automotive Association. Based on the quote Gas stations which are closed have either been out of power and have no supplies to get the power back on. “I have gas in the ground but no power. For many others they’re facing the opposite problem, with power but no gasoline. For the few stations that are lucky enough to have both they’ve got huge lines out front,” said Kevin Beyer. In order to be prepared for the upcoming storm people had to be prepared because of that gas stations ran quickly out gas or lost power and gas stations that had gas had  long lines of waiting customers waiting to fill up what they need to get through the storm.