weather.com Published: Nov 9, 2012, 8:12 PM EST Associated Press
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Longport, N.J.
A construction crew works on replacing the dunes at 35th Ave in Longport, N.J. Thursday Nov 8, 2012 after Winter Storm Athena and Hurricane Sandy hit the region. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Edward Lea)
NEW YORK — A gasoline shortage caused by Superstorm Sandy forced 1970s-era rationing on New Yorkers Friday, adding a fuel-gauge obsession to their frayed nerves and dwindling patience.
"I take passenger, I look at gas. I take another passenger, I look at gas," said New York City taxi driver Shi Shir K. Roy. "Tension all the time."
Police enforced the new system at filling stations in New York City and on Long Island as drivers turned out before dawn to line up for their rations. At a Hess station in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, drivers said it appeared to be working so far.
Luis Cruz, 35, of the Bronx, gassed up the Dodge minivan he uses as a pet chauffeur.
"It's a lot better," Cruz said. "A couple of days ago I waited four hours. They should have done this a long time ago."
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