Supposedly they are currently slowly closing the valves of the cap to test the pressure inside the pipe. They will leave the valves closed for 48 hours or until they see a pressure decrease. If there is no pressure decrease inside the pipe after 48 hours, they will decide whether to leave ti fully closed or to open a valve and pipe oil out to ships. That's what I just read on the internet via the LA Times, anyway.
counting-my-chickens-when-they've-hatched-related, but still happy to at least have some sense of *progress* in this apolcalyptic mess of the past 3 months...
News-related semantics -- that AP link wasn't an article but a news alert. They are released immediately following any major event and updated frequently as more information becomes available. All news agencies are graded by themselves and by the competition by how quickly they get out that information.
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And yeah, real informative article.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill
counting-my-chickens-when-they've-hatched-related, but still happy to at least have some sense of *progress* in this apolcalyptic mess of the past 3 months...
Also...
News-related semantics -- that AP link wasn't an article but a news alert. They are released immediately following any major event and updated frequently as more information becomes available. All news agencies are graded by themselves and by the competition by how quickly they get out that information.