Industry associations said there were no reports of widespread shortages, even though Interstate 90 was closed on Sunday morning, according to the report.
Employees at two stations in South Seattle said they were out of gasoline. "[image-nocss] It was a lot of people buying [Saturday] because they were worried it was going to be windy" and that the power would go out, Aster Dube, an employee at a Chevron station, told the newspaper.
Her station normally gets a daily truckload of gasoline, but the last truck came Saturday, and her station is closed, the report said.
A Shell station further north was out of unleaded gasoline, but was still selling diesel, it added.
A 76 station still had gasoline, but it was closed Sunday because employees couldn't make it to work.
In Enumclaw, an ampm station ran out of gasoline early yesterday morning.
Tim Hamilton, executive director for Automotive United Trades Organization said that demand is down because fewer people are driving. "We've got trouble getting gas to the gas stations, but you've got trouble getting your car to the gas station so it all slows down," he told the Times.
Lea Wilson, executive director of Washington Oil Marketers Association, said she found no problems after making a few calls to gasoline and oil dealers around Seattle and Olympia. "Everybody's storage and supply is just fine," Wilson said. "There [are no] concerns."
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