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GasBuddy In Boston Uses App To Point Hurricane Victims To Open Fuel Stations

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Bob Oakes

September 13, 2017

A note is posted to a gas pump after the station ran out of gas ahead of Hurricane Irma in Daytona Beach, Fla. on Sept. 8. (David Goldman/AP)

Boston-based GasBuddy found a way to help those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma find scarce fuel. GasBuddy CEO Walt Doyle joined Morning Edition to explain how the company got the idea and executed it.

This segment aired on September 13, 2017.

Bob Oakes Senior Correspondent

Bob Oakes was a senior correspondent in the WBUR newsroom, a role he took on in 2021 after nearly three decades hosting WBUR's Morning Edition.

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