I just don’t understand how the government can allow BP to do things like this. They have not demonstrated any level of competence, much less expertise, in dealing with this.

They are essentially doing what I wanted to do in the first week, i.e. install a new pipe on top with a shut off valve in it.

Oh, a little Nash will travel far, if not in comfort. 😉 [a bad car reference for the young people]

A few days ago, after reading far too much Ogden Nash at a single sitting, I blurted this out:

  A tragedy it is, a creature of the muse Melpomené,
  When you discover your true grit is only ground-up homené.

Yeah, I know; Nash used his occasional classical references much more effectively…

Glycol is really, really toxic stuff, as every child in the U.S. has known for decades. Somebody needs to yank control of the cleanup from the hands of BP and put it in the hands of a child; the result at least couldn’t be worse.