As of yesterday, the oil has stopped. For now. After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons, BP finally gained control over one of America's biggest environmental catastrophes Thursday by placing a carefully fitted cap over a runaway geyser that has been gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico since early spring.

Now if it holds, we only have to worry about the remaining clean up. This will have long term impacts on the surrounding areas that make up the Gulf of Mexico. I hope that the effort is high to clean everything up or the clean up could last years. We need to continue to watch this and make sure BP knows we're watching or the effort will fizzle out. We tend to forget too quickly how bad a situation is once a fix is recognized.

Keep your eye on this one.