Gasoline prices!!!

What comes to my mine right now is gasoline prices! Yes, I'm sure when everyone thinks of that subject, they cringe, but of course most people are thinking about it because gas prices are rising due to Hurricane Ike coming. It seems gas prices are rising by the minute, and I've already been to one shell gas station on airline drive that was out of regular unleaded gasoline, and naturally the line at the Walmart gas station was backed up. Well, I personally would rather find another gas station than wait in line for 30 minutes, even if it is more expensive somewhere else. So today was the day to fill up our cars and gas cans because everyone is freaking out about gas prices increasing. I think it's ridiculous how they are raising prices just because everyone else is, not because they have new gasoline. My boyfriend told me that if Galveston is hit bad enough by Hurricane Ike, then the gas refineries where we get our gasoline from will be messed up, and it could take weeks for gasoline prices to decrease again. That sucks!
Do you remember when gasoline was only like a $1/gallon? I miss those days...when I was 16, gas was cheap, and I had no worries. It's sad now that $3/gal. is cheap to us. Well, I keep hoping that prices will go down to $2/gal. like it used to be, but I doubt it will, and that kind of depresses me. I remember one time when gas was close to $2.50/gal., and I was at the tanning bed next to this little gas station on airline drive across from Brownlee subdivision called J&A's I think. As soon as I walked into the tanning bed, the lady that worked there told me that for some reason J&A's was selling gasoline for $1.50/gal., and that I should run over there and fill up my gas tank. Well, I did, and it's funny now because we'll probably never see gas prices at $1.50/gal. ever again. It just amazes me how much things are today, and they continue to rise every day it seems!