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Even as New Jersey motorists were fueling up with relative ease after a gas-rationing system was put in place on Nov. 3, New York drivers waited in long lines until similar gas-rationing was instituted in the city on Nov. 8.
WSJ: Poor Training Fueled Gas Shortage After Sandy
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State records show that New York officials had drawn up a list of responses to a fuel shortage, including gas rationing, more than seven years ago as part of a comprehensive emergency plan that the state is required by law to follow during a disaster.
WSJ: Poor Training Fueled Gas Shortage After Sandy
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Chamberlain, the son of an Indiana tavern owner, dropped out of high school and undertook in the middle of World War II's gas rationing a road trip, with the idea of getting some sort of career in Hollywood. (Until he started selling enough art to support himself, he would earn a living as a hairdresser.) Busted in Blythe, Calif.
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