I am advising everyone I know to quietly start stockpiling gasoline. Its possible that there will be shortages in the next few weeks.
Hmmm.  All I can do is bike everywhere and save my tankful for necessary trips.  Back in '79, I used to fill my moped from the auto's tank, but I don't see buying a gas scooter as a real solution anymore.
Can I suggest we don't do this. It makes the problem much worse.

Er, you mean it makes the problem much more visible. As gas might currently be mighty cheap, and the cheapness of gas being a bad thing (encourages dependence), it could be argued that raising the price would be helping.

If one had faith in the leaders of the USA doing something intelligent, that would be a great thing. Attach signal flares to oil/gas issues. As one who doesn't believe the republicrats (not a typo) will make wice decisions, it might be best to try to keep the price of gas low. So stock up with what you need, but it's probably not for the best to tell anyone who hasn't already independently come up with the idea on their own.

But regarding storing of gas, what are the legal methods to store it? It might make a lot of sense to get a large 200+ gallon storage container setup in the garage, but I need to look into the legalities of it.