CNN's Christine Romans explained that a lot of the closed gas stations simply don't have electricity to operate their pumps, while others cannot get gasoline delivered to the station from the refinery because of blocked roads or other logistical problems created by the storm.

CNN: Long gas lines test patience of storm-struck residents

Fears of Big Brother aside, the use of biometrics in air travel faces other more pressing logistical problems.

CNN: Fully biometric airports becoming a reality

Third, other nations facing similar logistical problems are under no illusion about the brilliant future for tiltrotors in their domestic markets as well as in the international aerospace industry.

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