We don't have deer crossing where I live...they are in total command of the roads.

And I fail to see the problem with somewhat shorting other areas who would get less gas...if it is a situation with death staring you in the face, as it has been in some disasters vs. temporary shortages elsewhere....I personally can walk a few miles into work as can quite a few others...we can all give up optional trips etc...the situation could have been much worse..much higher winds, many more fires etc...
Where state emergencies have been called, I am sure that payrolls can be adjusted somehow to acocunt for return trips etc.

And they are talking about waiting for backup generators for the places that pump the gas into the trucks without mentioning building codes etc. Sometimes you just have to do it.

And if you only need a generator every 100 years, how wonderful that would be. Many people in some areas use them fairly often. I bet they could be rented out if the gas station didn't need them.

Also, testing etc....important and should be not up to the neighbors. Testing of hospital generators important but screws up some electronics I guess...could they be taken off premises every now and then for testing? Or wired just to power a certain section of the hospital and perhaps patients moved to that section? I don't know. If we do not have enough people trained in these areas, and I aam obviously ignorant, then we need to get more in the pipelines, starting with training for some things in high school.