Hope is building across the coast that BP's containment system will work until the relief well stops the leak for good.
People on Dauphin Island Thursday evening were talking about the new developments.
Two college students studying marine geology and biology had heard the good news earlier in the day.
Angel Riddick of Martin, Tennessee, said, "I think that is really, really good."
Emily Parker of Mobile said, "I think its really great, but, like a lot of things with the BP oil spill, things always seem to have problems and mess up."
Among everyone News Five talked to there, there was some skepticism.
Chris O'Neal of Dauphin Island said, "I pretty much lost faith in BP. We'll see how good this goes, but, I don't think its going to last that long, really."
Alex Lininger, a fisherman from Port Barre, Louisiana, said, "I'm hoping they're still going to go ahead with the relief wells, just in case."
And everyone we talked to one wants to remind BP that when the oil leak is stopped for good, there's still work to do.
Parker said, "Stopping the oil spill is only half the problem: you still have to clean it all up."
Moses Beeman of Addison, Alabama said, "I think they still need to pay claim money, because they caused the problem, and they should
solve the problem."
Lininger said, "I'm thinking about all the abandoned wells out there. Who's monitoring that to see if they're leaking?"
But finally, there's time for a little fishing humor.
Lininger said somebody asked if he was catching anything.
"I said, 'Well with this oil spill, I caught heat exhaustion, sunburn, and, maybe if we use tar balls for bait, maybe we'll catch the fish. I don't know.' "
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