The lowest price in Omaha was $1.79.
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Once April or May hits, prices are expected to return to the $1.20/litre mark.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, those people relying on air travel this year will be joined by more than 25 million other air travelers, and they have some recommendations for those travelers as well. “Getting together for Thanksgiving is important to us”.
AAA says the vast majority of Thanksgiving travelers, 42 million Americans, will travel by auto, and 3.6 million people will fly.
The current national average for a gallon of gas is $2.15.
In Lima, the lowest price was $1.68 at the Murphy United States of America on Harding Highway. The cheapest markets are in the Great Lakes states. Redman says these favorable gas prices will continue through this holiday weekend.
DeHaan believes low prices will stick around for at least another month to two months.
Motorists in Jacksonville are partying like it’s 2009 with the current slide in gas prices. Other than a few areas in Iowa and a couple in South Dakota and Wyoming, the Lincoln area has the highest average gas prices in a large swath that stretches west to Nevada, North to the Canadian border, south to Mexico and east to Pennsylvania.
“We will stop, test, arrest and lock up impaired drivers as necessary”, Lt. Leist said. They tend to buy more and drive more than they would otherwise.
Tim Gonda said he is a regular day-before-Thanksgiving driver.
“I know that families have discussed their fears about the threat of terrorism around the dinner table, many for the first time since September 11th”, he said, referring to the 2001 attacks by al Qaeda on NY and Washington. Prior to that, prices haven’t been this cheap locally since late 2004. The highest price in the continental U.S.is $2.74 in California.
But what’s good for consumers is not necessarily good for the oil and gas industry, which is losing jobs throughout oil producing states, including Colorado.
Also check if flights are arriving on schedule at the airport’s website, monroecounty.gov/airport-index.php, or with the airlines before you head to the airport, Giardino said.
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