Still in the guesswork stage on the Cheney-Colonial pipeline issue noted below. But a couple readers note that — inter alia — that the Colonial Pipeline moves a lot of jet fuel, including military grade jet fuel. This may be a key reason for the urgency of getting that pipeline up and running. Still, though, that doesn’t explain the highly irregular manner in which the orders apparently went out.
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