Long lines are forming at the gas pump as Francine's landfall approaches

SEND OUT ON FRANCINE AND ITS IMPACT. LSU STUDENTS, THOUGH, NOT HAPPY ABOUT HAVING CLASS TOMORROW OR HAPPY ABOUT WAITING IN LONG LINES FOR GASOLINE. TODAY, NEWS TWO'S JOE COLLINS. TALK TO PEOPLE GETTING GAS, MAKING SEVERAL STOPS ALONG THE WAY. >> FRANCINE EXEXPECTED TO ROLES IN THE CAPITAL AREA. WEDNESDAY. RESIDENTS ARE MAKING TRIPS TO THE GAS PUMP TO FILL UP. >> WHATEVER SO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO BUY GASOLINE AT THE SAME TIME LED TO LONG LINES AND A NUMBER OF HEADACHES, VERY DAUNTING. I HAVE A CLASS 03:00PM THAT I'M TRYING TO GO TO. BUT I THINK GETTING GAS RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT. ITS HARD BALANCING SCHOOL AND THE HURRICANE. LSU STUDENTS WE TALKED TO ARE SHELTERING AT THEIR APARTMENTS BUT STILL HAVE TO DO ONLINE CLASSES TOMORROW. BUT I THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF IRRESPONSIBLE AS UNITY, JUST BECAUSE LIKE WITH A HURRICANE COMING LIKE I'M EXPECTING TO LOSE POWER, SOME OF THE LONGEST LINES RUN A COSTCO ALONG AIRLINE HIGHWAY. SEVERAL EMPLOYEES TOLD WBRZ WAS REALLY HECTIC MONDAY AND EVEN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, BUT LESS HECTIC TUESDAY AFTERNOON, EVEN STILL LINES FOR EVERY PUMP OR STRETCHING FAR BACK LONG LINES ARE ALSO THE CASE IN MULTIPLE STATIONS ALONG AIRLINE, MANY PEOPLE GETTING GAS HAD JUST COME FROM THE STORE, PICKING UP SUPPLIES TO MAKE EMERGENCY KITS, BATTERIES, WATER, CANNED FOOD. WHAT NEED TO PREP IN CASE OF THE WEATHER. >> KNOX OF POWER. WE HAVE A GENERATOR BE HELPFUL. >> JOE COLLINS, WBRZ NEWS 2. MANY PEOPLE ARE ALSO FEELING OF MULTIPLE

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