Finally, They Get It
This week there was waffling going on as to whether it was “necessary” to finish the relief well because BP “might” have already sealed the well with its “top kill” operation.
Jaquetta White of The Times-Picayune reports on the correct decision being made
“The relief well will be finished,” National Incident Commander Thad Allen said. “That is the end result.”
Just how the relief well will be completed is unclear. It may require, for instance, some additional steps to guard against increased pressure in the Macondo well and the possibility of oil escaping into the sea.
Allen’s comments came a day after he said drilling on the relief well might not be necessary.
The editorial page staff of The Times-Picayune echoes the feelings of many on the Gulf Coast:
This is one monster than needs a wooden stake through its heart, and it’s good that the federal government is insisting on it.
No one down here with more than three working brain cells [a requirement that excludes the elected officials of Mississippi] believes anything coming from the “Unified Command”. We won’t settle for guesses – we want concrete results – as in cement at the bottom of that well.
