47abc
May 12, 2021
MARYLAND- “It honestly reminds me of the beginning of COVID, like everyone was going to grocery stores buying toilet paper and all the necessities and its going to be the same thing I feel like,” Bella Robinson, a Salisbury resident, said.
The fallout from US Colonial Pipeline shutdown prompted by a cyber security attack has caused people to rush for the pump.
The pipeline accounts for 45 percent of all fuel used on the East Coast, but locally officials say there’s no need to panic.
“We have interacted with the suppliers that supply the diesel fuel and gasoline to the county and we’ve talked with them and there’s no concern about the supply this time,” David Shipley, Emergency Services Director for Wicomico County, said.