Page 4 - Pressure Reading News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Bottom like, earthquakes aren't for californians anymore. let's start with the latest on bp's efforts to seal off the oil leak for good. anne thompson is nbc's chief vimplt environmental affairs correspondent. maybe no longer a permanent resident of venice, louisiana. they will be giving you voting rights by november, and you may get a tax bill. >> you know they're going to make me pay taxes. >> absolutely. okay, ann. where are we? we know they're in a testing phase to see if sealing this off is a permanent solution, i say permanent, the solution until the relief well goes down. where do thi...

Anne thompson is nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent and maybe no longer a permanent resident of venice, louisiana. they will be giving you voting rights by november, and you may get a tax bill. >> you know they're going to make me pay taxes. >> absolutely. okay, ann. where are we? we know they're in this testing phase to see if sealing this off is a permanent solution, i say permanent, the solution and until the relief well goes down. where do things stand? >> well, right now national incident commander retired admiral thad allen just gave a briefing, chuck. and he essentially sai...

Where they thought it would be after 24 hours. ideally, they would like it to be closer to 7,500 pounds per square inch. so why is it sticking at this 6,700 mark? there are two theories. one is because so much oil has already been spilled into the gulf, that there is actually less oil in the well than they thought. and that's one reason behind the lower pressure reading. the other theory is, and this is the scary theory, that there is a leak below the seafloor. now, the -- they have done seismic surveys. they have rovs, remotely operated vehicles using cameras and using sonar to see if there a...