Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Americans Are Now Hoarding Gas Instead of Toilet Paper

Panic-buying takes the Colonial Pipeline hack from inconvenience to disaster.

Uh-oh.

Photographer: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP/Getty Images

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Liam Denning tried to warn you not to panic about gasoline shortages while the Colonial Pipeline was shut down by a ransomware attack. But did you listen? Apparently not. And now you might not have any gas for a while.