The steep rise in gas prices because of this war is the second largest spike in three decades,

and it is hitting Americans' wallets.

Many have told us how they're now scrambling to fill their own tanks.

My name is Samantha Lott. I currently live in Denton, Texas.

I'm Jim Lawrence. I live in Omaha, Nebraska.

My name is Alexis Mims.

My name is Jamie Pardue, and I live in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

I'm Jonathan Tipton Myers.

I'm a full-time ride-shared driver.

As soon as this war started, gasoline prices jumped up minimum 50 cents, but in certain areas,

it was a dollar as well, too.

My husband and I are making an effort to

combine any trips that we take into town or to stores so that we aren't driving unnecessarily.

I don't think it ever occurred to me that our gas would be over $5 a gallon. You know, we are,

we are struggling. Now it's not just the groceries

that are expensive, but now it's the gas that is out of control. I am a community mental health

social worker. As I'm sure you know, I do not make a lot of money. And so having to use my own car and drive a lot

around two different counties, I'm buying a lot of gas. Then in order to make ends meet as well,

I have to deliver groceries on the side in the evenings and the weekends. I'm filling up my tank

every other day and I'm having to pay like 40 to 50 dollars to do so. Any

money that I get from my daytime job is usually a month late for reimbursement. And so I'm having to

like figure out how to make that money stretch and like what kind of food am I going to eat this

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