Yesterday morning I went to a gas station at 4:30 am. I waited in line until 7:45 when the station ran out of gas. I went to work. When I left work, I went to another gas station and waited on line for over 2 hours. Before I got to turn in to the station, they ran out of gas. The few gas stations here that have gas are being guarded by police and there is at least a 3-hour wait. If you don't have enough gas to wait, you are out of luck. They will not allow you to fill a gas can. People are getting into knife, fist, and gun fights in these gas lines. The nearest gas station is about 7 miles from my house but the pumps aren't working because there is no power. I guess it's pretty easy to criticize people when you are not affected personally.
That's what we went through in 1973. Then they went to alternating days to fill up -- based on the last digit in your license place odd and even; solved some of the line problems.