Its been hard pressed to find gas for sure. You can be looking for hours and suddenly stumble upon a station that has gas, wait your 1 hour, fill up, then leave,. Within 2 hours, they are out again. I found a QT that night had gas last night @ 12:15 AM, and only had about a 10 minute wait. I took all 5 cars up there and topped them all off. Got home @ 1:30AM. Station ran out as I pulled away with the last car. I have seen no places that have been rationing the amount though. Its really hit or miss.
www.11alive.com has a great site. Go there, then 'wheres the gas' link, and watch. Its a live update. As soon as someone posts somewhere has gas, you had better be on your way.
And yes there are cops at most places, as people try to cut, and serious fights have broken out. I have seen at least three cars run out of gas whle waiting in line and had to get pushed to the pump. Its really a bad situation out there.