6104 remove deprecated tensor.storage usage

[wyli]

Fixes #6104

Description

workaround adapted from https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/44dac51/torch/_tensor.py#L231-L233

Types of changes

• Non-breaking change (fix or new feature that would not break existing functionality).
• Breaking change (fix or new feature that would cause existing functionality to change).
• New tests added to cover the changes.
• Integration tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh -f -u --net --coverage.
• Quick tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh --quick --unittests --disttests.
• In-line docstrings updated.
• Documentation updated, tested make html command in the docs/ folder.

[wyli]

/build

tested