How to Transport Gasoline for Dummies

Why the Colonial Pipeline hack is only a preview of what can happen if we don’t secure our critical infrastructure

Every time I feel people can’t surprise me anymore, I go on the internet, and I’m schooled. Last week it was videos and images of people storing large amounts of flammable liquids in leaky containers in the trunk of their cars.

The first time I saw a TikTok making fun of people putting gasoline in trash bags, I had no clue what was going on. Then more and more videos and images of people filling plastic bags, tubs, or plastic pails with gas popped up. I was baffled, were people planning to set themselves on fire in protest of some political agenda they deemed insupportable? Or was this a Tide Challenge for adults?

I did a quick research and realized this was not a protest. People were risking a fiery, painful death for no good reason. They were hoarding gas because of a cyber attack on a pipeline provider. Most of them probably weren’t even aware that they were endangering their life.

In my world, it is painfully obvious that this is a disaster waiting to happen, but not everyone lives here.

In case you were wondering, it's not the gas; it's the fumes. Gas fumes ignite easily when mixed with oxygen. That is why you are not supposed to smoke anywhere near a pumping station. When the fumes catch fire, they will light up the gas, and if that happens inside your car, neither you nor I want to be close.

If you wonder what happened to make people feel hoarding gas was a necessity, here is the short version:

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