Mention of tropical storm: The WSJ said yesterday, I believe, the last tropical storm did a lot to CLEAN OUT the Louisiana marshes.
If there is a storm with it capped, there will be no effect on the sea floor now.
The well is capped the seepage 2 miles away is unrelated, whatever the bubbles are the government is leaving the cap closed for now.
I don’t trust the Oil Drum postings anymore.
There are multiple operations going on with the ships over the site. Seismic runs to map out the new seeps, construction on the next version of the collection riser (if needed), Relief Well drilling ship finishing RW 1, and they are waiting for final government approval on the next major line of attack. A Static Top Kill. That requires the Q4000 ship to pump mud down directly into the BOP/3 Ram Stack assembly. They may start that by the weekend. So a hurricane can cause all kinds of delay problems.