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To: tejek who wrote (76224)	5/26/2010 11:45:25 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

"What's wrong with this picture?" Uh...we don't know the effects of stopping water circulation in a marsh? Like maybe oxygen goes away? How many acres affected so far? 30...15 need cleaning. One is too many, but only 30? I figured 2000 or more, by now. rainyday on May 26, 2010 - 8:17pm An audio of the briefing can be downloaded here: deepwaterhorizonresponse.com Other notes and figures from the briefing: - Around $800 million spent so far in total by BP and the gov't (aside: that is less than 15% of BP's first quarter profit) - nine locations aross 100 miles of LA coast have been affected by oil - no areas in TX, MS or FL to date - 30 acres of affected marsh, 15 acres of which will need to be treated/cleaned - a number of wildlife cleaning stations have been established - around 20,000 barrels of oil in total were collected via the RIT, around 2,500 in the last 24 hrs before it was disconnected last night - the mud being pumped is non-toxic, water based. Mud has been coming from more than one vessel. - the flows coming out the holes in the riser are now mud, not oil/gas. Just as Suttles began to answer a reporter's question about how could he be sure, I lost the feed. (aside: the color of two of the plumes has changed to orange as I typed this - something changed?) Response to the question of "how will you know the top kill is working?" was "when the well can't flow to the surface" Reading subjectively from body language and facial expressions, both Landry and Suttles looked less stressed than in earlier appearances. I actually am feeling optimistic they think this has a good chance of working. Suttles did talk about what next steps would be taken if it fails - new BOP, LMRP collector, etc. Suttles again referred to the need to continue drilling a successful relief well in order to put in the official plug even if topkill is successful. == News briefing at 7 pm CDT from deepwaterhorizonresponse.com MEDIA ADVISORY: Unified Area Command to hold top kill press briefing in Robert, La. Who: U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry and BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles What: Unified Area Command briefing to update media on ongoing top kill operations. Where: Shell Robert Training and Conference Center, 23260 Shell Lane in Robert, La., 70455-1928. Members of the media will enter the facility from the back gate. For a map to the back gate, click here. A Unified Area Command joint information center representative will be at the gate to escort media. When: Today, May 26, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. CDT. The call-in number for press unable to attend: 1-866-304-5784. International callers use 1-706-643-1612. Passcode – 78651144. Live broadcast may be available on the Digital Video Information Distribution System (DVIDS) hub, which can be accessed at www.dvidshub.net. This can be done on the DVIDS Web site or by calling (678) 421-6612.