You guys kill me some times...
Because of Ike -- you know, that Cat 4 hurricane that wiped out Galveston Island and darkened the country's 4th largest city -- they shut down the pipelines and refineries that supply gas to the southeast. It's taken them a couple weeks to get back to 100% production and shipping.
In Charlotte, shipments of gas are supposed to start arriving today.
You may start breathing again. Armageddon is not yet here.