Hurricanes often mean fuel shortages. But now a Tallahassee fuel distributor has expanded its capacity to keep more fuel flowing during storms and other emergencies.
The company is Rainey Cawthon Distributors, which has been around since 1948. Its new location near Tallahassee's Four Points has 90,000 gallons of storage, double the capacity of the old Gaines Street site. And company Vice President Ivey Rooney Yarger said it can keep the fuel flowing even during power outages.
"The entire facility is generator powered. The generator is hooked into our storage. So no matter what comes, our customers can get in here 24-hours a day and get fuel, we can get in here 24-hours a day and get fuel and we'll be able to fuel anybody in the region."
She says that especially includes emergency service providers that depend on generators, such as first responders and medical facilities.