A customer looking to purchase gas breaks the line and is reprimanded and turned away by Union City Police Officers. Customers looking to purchase gas waited in their cars and stood in long lines at the Fuel Stop gas station located at 11th Street and John F. Kennedy Blvd in Union City NJ on Thursday Nov. 1, 2012. There are heavy gas shortages due the the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy which made landfall in New Jersey on Monday Oct. 29, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Long lines of customers on foot carrying gas cans wait to have their containers filled at the Hess gas station located at 45th street and 10th ave. in Manhattan on Friday Nov. 2, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Silvio Fernandez, left along with Alex Alvarado help push a customer's car into the LUKOIL gas station located at Palisade Ave. and South Marginal Rd. in Union City NJ on Thursday Nov. 1, 2012. There are heavy gas shortages due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy which made landfall in New Jersey on Monday Oct. 29, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL)