And we can only hope that the relief well is successful.

The blowout gusher in the well in the Bay of Campeche took two relief wells and nine months to stop the flow, as previously posted.

TV crews show cleanup on-going on beaches, but it is the marsh wetlands which are many times more important- they are the breeding grounds and food source for much of the bird and marine life on the coast. Almost impossible to do anything when this environment is poisoned.

I think BP knew the top kill wasn't working days before it was stopped. They probably knew when mud injection was stopped "for evaluation." It could have been re-started just to empty the vessels of the mud on hand but no longer needed.