As a severe winter storm looms, a Plano propane station sees long lines as residents seek essential heating fuel, underscoring the urgent demand in frigid temps.<\/p>\n
PLANO, Texas \u2014 Our meteorologists are calling for\u00a0WFAA Weather Alert Days<\/a>\u00a0this Friday through Monday. Stay informed by watching regular forecast updates and live radar from across the region on our\u00a0smart TV streaming app, WFAA+<\/a>. You can also\u00a0download the WFAA mobile app<\/a>\u00a0for up-to-the-minute alerts from our weather team as they come.<\/p>\n Imagine all the things we\u2019ll wait in line for, especially when that one thing means everything.<\/p>\n At the Propane Filling Station in Plano, people lined up for propane as cold weather approaches. People in line said there wasn\u2019t another place with propane within 40 miles.<\/p>\n \u201cI called five or six different stores and they don\u2019t have it,\u201d Kelli Farmer of Greenville said. Manish Mehta, the owner added, \u201cWe\u2019re the only place that has propane.\u201d<\/p>\n The line stretched far back, with up to seventy people in line carrying multiple propane tanks with them.<\/p>\n Hunter of Plano was among those waiting after getting a call from his grandad earlier that morning. He needed propane for his RV. Holding up the tank, Hunter explained, \u201cthis is a 100 pound propane tank.\u201d He said helping out was only right: \u201cHe took care of me this long, I figure I take care of him this long.\u201d<\/p>\n At the front of the line, Manish and his partner worked to keep up with demand. Normally, their 2,000-gallon tanks are refilled once a week. Lately, it\u2019s been much more frequent.<\/p>\n \u201cA day. One day,\u201d Manish said.<\/p>\n Some customers waited more than an hour, but they are all willing to wait if it means getting propane with the winter storm on track for Friday through Monday.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s hit or miss, you know Texas weather?\u201d Hunter said.<\/p>\n Nancy Harding warned: \u201cit\u2019s going to be cold. real cold.\u201d<\/p>\n With temperatures expected to drop into the single digits, propane has become a lifeline.<\/p>\n \u201cCooking, heating, everything,\u201d Manish said.<\/p>\n Some were only able to get enough propane to last three or four days. Kelli Farmer drove in from Greenville, calling the search \u201cthe struggle to find it, it\u2019s desperation.\u201d<\/p>\n And when people are desperate, they\u2019ll drive anywhere, wait however long, and do what\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a severe winter storm looms, a Plano propane station sees long lines as residents seek essential heating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-136110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}