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This news article shows how everything getting to normal in regards to gasoline stations and finally electricity to homes. Florida returning to something like normal after Hurricane Milton
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When I worked at a gas station we measured the tanks everyday. Sometimes we had to put a paste on the end of the pole that would show the level of the water in the bottom.
In the event of a flood the owner said he would fill his tanks with water to keep them from floating out of the ground.
When I was in Tacoma, Washington there was a major ground water contamination from a leaking underground tank. The years of "sticking" the tank wore through the coating on the inside of the tank, allowing rust to form that eventually rusted through.
From superstition, I never gas up if I see the tank truck delivering. I think it is stirring up whatever water is in the tank, and I don't want that in my car.
Doug in SW IA
In the event of a flood the owner said he would fill his tanks with water to keep them from floating out of the ground.
When I was in Tacoma, Washington there was a major ground water contamination from a leaking underground tank. The years of "sticking" the tank wore through the coating on the inside of the tank, allowing rust to form that eventually rusted through.
From superstition, I never gas up if I see the tank truck delivering. I think it is stirring up whatever water is in the tank, and I don't want that in my car.
Doug in SW IA
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Dumb dumb, it's no secret if you bought any car at inflated prices during the covid scamdemic you are probably underwater.
My new Tesla Y ended up costing $40k after Fed and state tax incentive. I'm doing fine.
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Not superstition! None of the guys who work at gas stations would fill up during or immediately after a fuel delivery. We could see on our meters that the water in the bottom of the tank got stirred up during a delivery, and it would take awhile for it to separate and settle back to the bottom.
Again, all pre-ethanol. I suspect the same still happens, but probably not such a clear distinction of time or separation.
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Doesn,t all of the fuel pumped from the underground tanks go thru filters which are external from those tanks, and located up near the pumps ?
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That seems to be correct based on my talking with drivers doing fuel dump recently.
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What about those folks that recently took delivery of the $100,000 cybertruck.
Tesla is having people refuse delivery of them with the price dropped to $78,000.
Prices have been coming down over the past year or so.
Cybertrucks have been out now for what???.... 6 months or so.
I'm thinking there is more to this then what your willing to see.
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