Thad W. Allen, the Coast Guard admiral in charge of the response to the spill, said Wednesday evening that the government had decided to try to put equipment on the ocean floor to take accurate measurements. A technical team is at work devising a method, he said. “We are shoving pizzas under the door, and they are not coming out until they give us the answer,” he said.I feel better already.
Oh, and (from the same NYT article)
- The big scientific question now is what is happening in deeper water. While it is clear that water samples have been taken, the results have not been made public.
- On May 6, NOAA called attention to its role in financing the work of a small research ship called the Pelican, owned by a university consortium in Louisiana. But when scientists aboard that vessel reported over the weekend that they had discovered large plumes undersea that appeared to be made of oil droplets, NOAA criticized the results as premature and requiring further analysis.
- Under scrutiny from NOAA, the researchers have retreated to their laboratories to finish their analysis.
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