AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Prices Down, But Head Up in Path of Hurricane Rita.HOUSTON Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; -- Gas prices plummeted around the state over the past week, but ticked upward over the last two days in areas that are being evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. in advance of Hurricane Rita's landfall land·fall n. 1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight. 2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas' Weekend Gas Watch. The statewide average price for regular self-serve dropped to $2.667 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. -- down 14.8 cents after another 12-cent decrease last week. Although gas prices in Beaumont, Houston and Galveston are lower than last week, they are starting to go up again this week as evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun) 1. an emptying. 2. catharsis; emptying of the bowels. e·vac·u·a·tion n. orders pushed up demand. "Gulf Coast refineries are once again being shuttered shut·ter n. 1. One that shuts, as: a. A hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers. b. temporarily because of the storm, and those closures will likely cause gas prices statewide to head upward again, but we don't yet know how big the impact will be," said Carol Thorp, spokesperson for AAA Texas. The national average for regular self-serve gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by is $2.915 a gallon -- a weekly drop decrease of 11.5 cents. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 A.M., September 23, 2005:
Area Weekly Weekly Record 2004
9/23/05 Change 9/16/05 Change 9/9/05 High Average
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National $2.755 -16.0 $2.915 -11.5 $3.030 $3.057 $1.837
cents cents (9/5/05)
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State $2.667 -14.8 $2.815 -12.4 $2.939 $2.964 $1.741
cents cents (9/4/05)
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Austin-San $2.649 -16.6 $2.815 -8.7 $2.902 $2.918 $1.713
Marcos cents cents (9/6/05)
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Beaumont $2.640 -13.3 $2.773 -11.6 $2.889 $2.930 $1.709
cents cents (9/4/05)
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Corpus $2.560 -20.0 $2.760 -6.7 $2.827 $2.929 $1.668
Christi cents cents (9/3/05)
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Dallas $2.706 -15.4 $2.860 -13.4 $2.994 $3.019 $1.758
cents cents (9/4/05)
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Ft. Worth $2.687 -14.3 $2.830 -14.7 $2.977 $3.012 $1.738
cents cents (9/4/05)
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Galveston/ $2.785 -8.5 $2.870 -9.7 $2.967 $2.997 $1.734
Texas City cents cents (9/4/05)
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Houston $2.730 -12.6 $2.856 -9.9 $2.955 $2.971 $1.722
cents cents (9/6/05)
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San Antonio $2.580 -19.0 $2.770 -11.0 $2.880 $2.909 $1.681
cents cents (9/4/05)
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