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Going through. bands of showers and thunderstorms, wont be the best beach day, but its not going to be anything that will cause headlines. the storm is expected to track over the site of the oil leak where theyre trying to do the kill operations. of course, it was such a shame that two days ago they had to pull everyone off of the rigs because they didnt know what the intensity of the storm would be. this is going to blow in, blow out, and itll be over in a hurry. doesnt look like much. you can ...

Is there equipment problems in the shallower part of the well? is the tie-back string sealed? those are all questions that would have to be answered about whether it was a viable well. i suspect that theyre going to kill it from the bottom with the relief well. thats definitely the most viable option. get a bunch of seamen in there, then probably cut that wellhead off and begin doing some -- or bring them up to the service and start doing some analysis. >> they say if all goes well, by the way, ...

Dropped calls. now "consumer reports" is weighing in. the news is not good. day 85 of the gulf oil disaster and there is new hope this morning that today could mark the beginning of the end. could being the key word. you are looking live there. here is the latest. bp successfully placed a new contain many on the gushing well. the company says that tight-fitting cap may be able to contain all of the escaping oil. now today the company will begin critical tests on the caps effectiveness. the tes...

Do kill operations. two days ago they had to pull everyone off the rigs. this is going to blow in and blow out, and its going to be over with in a hurry. you can see on the radar, it doesnt look like much. just showers and thunderstorms there to the north and northwest of the center. and that for the most part will head to mobile bay and areas in new orleans during the day today. heres how it looks on satellite. and you wouldnt even know theres a tropical system in the gulf by looking at this pi...