Above: Port Washington resident walks down an empty street past a deserted fuel station in search of gasoline. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy access to Long Island's fuel supply was effectively cut-off. This post documents conditions at two gas stations that did receive fuel while I was on assignment on Long Island photographing emergency crews performing power restoration services.
During my stay on Long Island I kept a diligent eye on my fuel situation
and managed my travel to leave myself enough of a buffer to make it
North where there was some gas. I traveled 65 miles on the evening I
left before encountering a gas station that had fuel. There was no
available lodging in the region so I had to sleep several nights in my
vehicle.
Above: I receive an excited thumbs-up from a motorist who had spent the night
in his car after hearing that this gas station might receive gas
overnight—the line continued more than a mile back. For the most part
people’s spirits remained high. Everybody had a story. Many people
simply selected a gas station at random to line up for in hopes that a
delivery would arrive some time soon. Many people slept in their
vehicles for days only to see a tanker roll by to service another
station.
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