The only dry places yesterday were gas stations.
Only one of the five stations in Rockaway Park, Queens, was open. Yellow tape blocked off all eight pumps at the Mobil station at Beach 99th Street and Rockaway Boulevard in the Rockaways.
Super was kaput and regular was low at a Getty station on Henry Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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“No gas” signs were plastered on all 12 pumps at a Mobil station in Kensington
Jacqueline Musumeci, 25, a teacher, topped up her car on a pal’s suggestion. “My friend in Florida gave me that advice — he’s been through many hurricanes,” she said.