this is a lot like somebody out in the backyard, putting their hand on top of the hose as the water is coming out. it s going to now put a lot of pressure on the rest of the hose. and what we need to know is how strong is the pipe? can it withstand that extra pressure. can the soil, the rock, the sediment around the well withstand the additional pressure? so all of this is key information, which is why i believe the federal government has been wise in ensuring that bp move much more slower than they had intended on doing. bp has really wanted to shut down this well as quickly as possible, although their confidence has made it impossible to achieve that goal. they ve wanted to move more quickly and admiral allen has warned them to slow down and
parts of the operation. some of the rov cages and some of the gauges. so they re watching it pretty closely. as we mentioned, admiral allen says it remains likely they ll resume containment using the cap. is there a way to read anything into that or is he hedging his bets since they re operating without enough information yet themselves? what i read into that is they know this well can t be shut in for a long period of time. plus, they don t want this well to be shut in while they re trying to complete that relief well that s just a few feet away. that creates bottom hole pressure that s harder for them to kill once they get there. once again, do you have any is it any clearer to you today than yesterday about why this sequence occurred in the way it has? the tests and the suspension initially of the tests and the resumption, and the tests were going to be six-hour intervals and now all of a sudden the thing is entirely shut off? it just sound like you said yesterday it sounded
he was wearing it after he had been sentenced to probation for criminal contempt. he was not supposed to have left the country. he s been accused of misuse of a passport, lying to federal officers, improperly dissing lohan and being named eugene toady. but our winner, the editor of rupert murdoch s vanity magazine new york post, karl allen. headline, jihad monkey. taliban-training primates. oh, yes. they ran this in what they call a newspaper. taliban terrorists have a secret weapon to destroy the infidel american enemy, monkey marksmen. the taliban is training monkeys to use weapons to attack american troops. islamic insurgents have drafted macaques and baboons, arming them with ak-47s, machine guns and mortars in the tribal region near the border between afghanistan and pakistan. the monkeys are being rewarded with bananas and peanuts. are being turned into snipers at
they ve got others focused on other parts of the well. so they re watching it pretty closely. as we mentioned, admiral allen says it remains likely they ll resume containment using the cap. is there a way to read anything into that or is he hedging his bets? what i read into that is they know this well can t be shut in for a long period of time. plus, they don t want this well to be shut in while they re trying to complete that relief well that s just a few feet away. that creates bottom hole pressure that s difficult to kill once they get there. is it any clearer to you today than yesterday about why this sequence occurred in the way it has? the tests and the suspension initially of the tests and the resumpti resumption, and the tests were going to be six-hour intervals and then shut off? it sounded more thanรง a little
killer monkeys from afghanistan. the good news in this. possibly the dumbest story the new york post has ever run, imagine the stories i m bypassing to make that claim. it has been dismissed by authorities in afghanistan and already been made into fabulous animated news by our old tiger woods bashing friends at apple daily in hong kong. [ speaking foreign language ] training monkeys to use weapons to attack american troops. training monkeys to run the new york post more like. carl allen, editor. murdoch s paper sinks further