About 71 percent of gas stations in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area are completely out of gas, as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police described the situation as a “gas crisis” and requested that non-essential travel be avoided. Patrick De Haan, a top analyst for GasBuddy, said that 78 percent of gas stations in the Greenville area has no gas, 72 percent in Raleigh-Durham stations are out, 71 percent of Charlotte-area stations are out, 69 percent of stations around Greenville are out, and 65 percent of Norfolk-area stations are out. Authorities with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department, describing the situation as a “gas crisis” on Wednesday, told local media that people should limit non-essential travel, check on neighbors, and should not hoard fuel. “We are going to get through this,” CMPD Capt. Brad Koch told WBTV. “Similar to when we have severe weather and we lose a lot of bread and milk at stores.” It …