Morning Spillcam check

Still looks like a LOT of oil spewing all over the place. I wonder if this isn't just another crazy straw.

Allen said he expects to say whether the containment cap is working later today, and have estimates of how much oil is being brought to the surface. As of midnight, Allen said there was a rough estimate that oil was being brought to the surface at a rate of about 1,000 barrels a day.

Is there any estimate available on the amount of oil BP has harvested through various means since the spill began?

A few days ago I was wondering why we don't require potential relief wells to be drilled at the same time as the exploration wells so that when something like this happens we aren't waiting months for a solution. As it turns out, this is exactly what the Canadians require. As it also turns out, BP was asking the Canadian government to rescind that rule just days before the Gulf explosion occurred.

They're getting oil on the beaches near Pensacola now.

Obama coming back for a visit today. CNN just told me he's going back to a place he called "Grand Island" last week. Guess I'll wait around to see if he wins the geography bee this time.