at the moment, it appears as though we're moving through some kind of strange countdown to the top-kill attempt---which is strange because everyone is saying its about a 50/50 thing--maybe a little better. so it'll either work or it wont. if it doesn't it'll either leave things unchanged or make em worse. last update is that the feds approved the procedure, but BP seems not to yet be ready to move.
perversely, this will be a pretty available media event:
BP Agrees to Show ‘Top Kill’ Live - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
links to a bunch of feeds are available on this page.
hope this works.
and this....this i really hope turns out to be wrong:
Wetlands cleanup may be impossible - Gulf oil spill- msnbc.com