This morning's news reports in Seattle indicate the "probability" that Olympic Pipe Line Co. will resume pumping sometime late today or early tomorrow. The fire on Sunday was limited to a small 'test' line in Renton WA. So... It appears that airlines using SEA will have refueling capability by tomorrow morning, whereas the Port of Seattle had stated that they could get by until tomorrow afternoon.

Was it overplayed in the news media? It was definitely hyped on the 11pm programs, but a representative of AS did hold out the likelihood of some cancellations.

So, "probably" things will be back to normal in time.

As for the alternative of trucking, which apparently was done when the line was disrupted a few years ago, I had assumed that that was the backup plan, but this morning's Seattle Times states that that would not be possible now.

Anyhow, I'd suggest monitoring the situation for the next 48 hours, but with the expectation that the crisis will go away. (Meanwhile local gas stations bump up the price 'because of the pipeline fire."

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now in Seattle