i know your truck is down so you ve got bad weather to contend with as well. reporter: we do. is it a tropical storm? reporter: number it s just a strong storm. we ve got a heat advisory here. the weather and all this heat, while it s certainly uncomfortable, it shouldn t affect what s going on out at the leak sight. they re doing what s called an injection test to determine whether or not they can force it back down into the reservoir. if they do that, then they ll start the static kill, and the static kill basically is i call ita al a lethal injection mud. it should force the oil back down into the well pipe and into the reservoir. admiral thad allen, retired coast guard admiral thad allen who s the national incident commander gave a briefing this