I just wanted gas. I didn't know there'd be a seasonal run on gas.
I personally filled up my tank because I'm driving to my sister's tomorrow for a few hours. Also because we have below zero temps, and it might be easier to get my corpse from my car after some idiot runs me off the road and into a snowbank...
So I guess it's likely in California the former being a little closer to what prompted the lines. People going visiting, because it's not only a Friday, but Christmas eve.
I recall one Christmas we drove down Ventura almost to Sepulveda looking for a Ralphs someone claimed to have seen open. Considering we started out in Woodland Hills, that was a bit of a drive.
I didn't know LA actually closed up on Christmas. I had that assumption smack me upside the head.