After 85 days, nearly three months, and up to 184 million gallons, has BP finally shut off the run-away gusher from its busted well, halting the flow of the gushing rude oil, that has been polluting the Gulf of Mexico, creating one of the biggest environmental disasters in the history of the U.S.? As of now the new 75-ton cap the company's robots fitted over BP's runaway oil geyser is holding. See the video.

Yesterday Thursday, Kent Wells, a BP PLC vice president, said at a news briefing that oil stopped flowing into the water at 2:25 p.m.

We are in the second day, and as of now, the well remains capped.

Quote the Huffington Post -- "But the company stopped far short of declaring victory over the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history and one of the nation's worst environmental disasters, a catastrophe that has killed wildlife and threatened the livelihoods of fishermen, restaurateurs, and oil industry workers from Texas to Florida. Now begins a waiting period during which engineers will monitor pressure gauges and watch for signs of leaks elsewhere in the well. The biggest risk: Pressure from the oil gushing out of the ground could fracture the well and make the leak even worse. 'For the people living on the Gulf, I'm certainly not going to guess their emotions," BP vice president Kent Wells said. "I hope they're encouraged there's no oil going into the Gulf of Mexico. But we have to be careful. Depending on what the test shows us, we may need to open this well back up."

So everybody has their fingers crossed and hope this fix will hold, until BP has dug its relief wells, which BP promises will he a permanent fix to the problem.

Capping off the well is just one very important step. The clean up and the restoration of the environment, which will take years to accomplish, must begin in earnest.