does anybody know what time the Top Kill is supposed to start?

[Ex Lurker]

I'm not gonna get my hopes up, but I want to send out some good karma to the universe at the appropriate hour.

[flamingdem]

1. It couldn't hurt! I'd say check the BP Oil Cam, when it's off they are on nt

[Pirate Smile]

2. They said they are going to leave it on now.

[flamingdem]

6. Really? Hmm. Then it's hard to know nt

[mzteris]

3. positive vibes

couldn't hurt.

IMO- there are WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY too many negative ones oscillating around here lately. :(

[walldude]

4. Word is it's "postponed"...

Reuters is supposed to have the story but I can't find it yet...

[mzteris]

5. from whence did this "word" come?

I'm not finding it either.

[FreeState]

7. Here

http://us.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/AnyArticle/p.rdt?URL=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2513293220100525

UPDATE 1-BP's "top kill" on leaking well could be delayed
Tue, May 25 12:22 PM EDT

* BP says "top kill" could happen later than Wednesday

* Scientists testing its viability

By Kristen Hays

HOUSTON, May 25 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) will begin a process to plug a leaking undersea oil well on Wednesday at the earliest, but it could be delayed or even abandoned if tests show it would not work, a company executive said on Tuesday.

[NYC_SKP]

8. That is a Far Cry from "Cancelled". They are commencing, they might decide to delay...

...but it is not Cancelled.

:patriot:

[FreeState]

9. Im repling to a question that asks for a source that said it may be delayed

Don't see anywere in this subthread, other than your post, that says anything about it being cancelled?

[NYC_SKP]

10. I stand corrected. Another OP wrote that it was cancelled.

Please accept my apologies!

The other OP here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8418404

Regards,

NYC_SKP

[FreeState]

11. No problem :)

Thought I was missing something LOL;)

[mzteris]

13. sounds like they're being careful

"In terms of timing, the pace at which we're doing this -- subsea construction -- we usually spend months to do what we've done in days and weeks," Wells said. "We have to be careful in terms of setting expectations."

Wells said the tests may prompt BP to abandon the top kill altogether if scientists determine it can't be done safely or will worsen the leak.

"What we learn during this diagnostic phase will be crucial to us," he said.

Russell Hoshman, a petroleum engineer with the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, said the agency is reviewing procedures to ensure they are technically sound so as to "not make this situation worse."

Wells said the 12- to 24-hour diagnostic phase would take place "over the next day or so." If given the go-ahead, the top kill could take half a day to two days to show results, he said.


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What we don't want to have happen is to make matters even worse!

[alfredo]

12. Right now there's a ROV sticking it's probe in holes. at CNN