Harvey’s Impact Hitting Gas Pumps

Most of the country still has their eyes on Texas where recovery efforts are underway as Harvey continues to pour rain on the Lone Star State. 

The effects of the storm are devastating, but now it's impact is being felt a little closer to home. 

Salisbury resident, Gwendolyn Wright says she'd like to see her paycheck rise to meet cost of living demands.

"Oh my God its crazy because everything else is going up like we said prices in grocery stores. Everything sky-rockets but our wages, our wages don't get, our wages get a little smaller."

Wright is not alone.  Delmarva is already feeling pain at the pump. 

Several refineries in Texas have gone offline because of Harvey, and experts like Ken Grant of AAA, say that means gas prices are going to shoot up.  

"As a result of Harvey first the Hurricane now the tropical storm we've seen a shutdown in about 20% of the refineries in the gulf coast area. And its the gulf coast coast area refineries that feed quite a bit of our gas supply  in the mid Atlantic region.

So far this week Delaware already has seen  gas prices go up by 10 cents and Maryland isn't far behind seeing a 9 cent hike.  

Drivers like Wright say those higher prices have put them in a tough spot. 

"Every time you look gas is going steady up. $20 don't tear your gas tank nothing anymore. Ride around town you gotta get another 20."

And Princess Anne resident, Jim Beaver hopes the prices will quickly come back down.

"It used to be a lot higher and so hopefully it won't stay that way and go back down. Its important to a lot of folks who drive to have lower costs to get where they are going."