Time travel - destination 1970s!

Do you ever visit a place or experience something and it instantly transports your mind to a far away time?  Perhaps visiting your grandparents house is a good example, with furniture, rugs, and tchotchkes reminiscent of the early 1900s? ;-)

Well, for those of us on the east coast of USA that were affected by Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy last month, our trips to fill up the gas tank have certainly resembled the 1970.  The difference (aside from the price per gallon!!) is the reason why...the oil embargo in the '70s causes a gas crisis and a limited supply, but in 2012 the reason has to do with limited electricity (the storm caused major power outages across the coast) and an old distribution network (so when the main refinery was affected by Sandy, many areas far away suffered).  However, the pictures look very similar.

In fact, areas of NJ and NY (including all of NYC and Long Island) enacted odd/even days for rationing gas to, hopefully, decrease the lines to the pump. I have witnessed lines to the pump at least two miles long!  And, I've heard stories about people waiting close to 9 hours for gas. Crazy!  If you don't believe me, you can check YouTube - or read this article which has compiled a few YouTube videos.  

I certainly do hope this problem is fixed soon (and we eventually become less reliant on fossil fuels!!), so we can return to the current decade :-)

Stay well,

JP