Gas prices hold steady in lee of gustav

ALBUQUERQUE WERE RUSHING TO THE PUMPS TO FILL UP THEIR GAS TANKS - - FEARING THAT THE HURRICANE WOULD DRIVE GAS PRICES UP. WE LOOKED INTO WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY AT THE PUMPS IN THE DAYS AHEAD. JEFF MAHER CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. HE'S LIVE NEAR I-40 AND RIO GRANDE WITH WHAT HE FOUND OUT. JEFF? THE PRICE OF OIL ACTUALLY DROPPED TODAY AFTER THE HURRICANE BEGAN TO WEAKEN. BUT CREWS ALONG THE GULF COAST STILL HAVE NOT FULLY ASSESSED THE DAMAGE TO THEIR OIL OPERATIONS - WHICH COULD CHANGE GAS PRICES FOR BETTER OR WORSE - - MEANTIME, A LOT OF ALBUQUERQUE DRIVERS ARE NOT WAITING TO FILL UP THEIR TANKS. 'it would not surprise me if prices go up'MARSHALL HENRY MADE SURE TO STOP AT A GAS STATION TODAY INSTEAD OF TOMORROW. 'I think there's a pretty good chance that prices will go back up, that's why I'm filling up now and plan on riding my bike half the days next week'HURRICANE GUSTAV HAS ALREADY LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION ALONG THE GULF COAST. OIL RIGS WERE RIGHT IN ITS PATH, THAT'S WHY MOST OF THE OIL PRODUCTION ALONG THE GULF WAS SHUT DOWN. CREWS ARE NOW TALLYING UP THE DAMAGE - - IF ANY. EVEN THOUGH ALBUQUERQUE IS MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILES AWAY, MANY DRIVERS ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. 'since gas prices are pretty low considering what they have been, I wanted to come fill up, that way in case they do go up in the next couple of days I would have a full tank'RUBEN BACA, WITH THE NEW MEXICO PETROLEUM MARKETERS ASSOCIATION SAYS HE DOES NOT EXPECT A HUGE SPIKE IN GAS PRICES - LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA IN 2005. HE SAYS AS LONG AS THE PIPELINES WERE NOT DISRUPTED, NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE OKAY. BUT ONE DRIVER WE TALKED TO HAS GREATER CONCERNS THAN JUST GAS PRICES. BILL WALLEY IS DRIVING FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA TO SEE HIS SON IN LAW WHO LIVES IN THE DANGER ZONE - IN SLIDELL, LOUISIANA. 'he went and bought fifteen five-gallon tanks of gas and three new chainsaws, he's a contractor, but he'll be doing some remodeling on houses and there should be a lot of trees down' BACA SAYS NEW MEXICO DOES DEPEND ON SOME OIL REFINERIES AND PIPELINES IN LOUISIANA, BUT HE SAYS THE BIGGEST ONES ARE IN HOUSTON - - WHICH WERE PRETTY MUCH SPARED FROM GUSTAV. LIVE IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. JEFF MAHER. EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR. IF YOU BELIEVE