Yep, somebody went to home depot or lowes and got a bunch of lidded buckets.
Some of us did the full round trip a handful of times, but that was mostly early morning of when the power first when out and we just had to keep the generator going. Once we got into the late morning, enough of us were there that we could have a person at each floor and they'd receive a bucket and relay it forward.
It is a federal crime in the US to have fuel in anything but approved containers. They probably won't look/care in this case (they probably already know and choose to look the other way) - but I still wouldn't admit to on the open internet like that.