Excellent post Repeal. As you said all efforts are now focused on containment and not stopping. With the constant checking by the ROVs on the bottom of the BOP it is obvious they are extremely concerned or now have concrete evidence that there is damage to the well head itself.
As horrible an option as it may seem to many, letting this thing gush may end up being the best option, because if that BOP Stack topples and the well head fails, what is coming out right now will look like childs water gun next to a fire hose.
Since no one is talking about it, I assume it isn’t possible to try a “junk shot” like they did earlier, and then concrete it over?
Could they put some "stays" around the BOP to prop it up in a vertical position...help prevent metal fatigue in the pipe below?