About 250 yellow buses were parked at Zephyr Field this afternoon, with more arriving, according to the Louisiana National Guard. The staging area is not open to the public. Evacuees who need transportation must go to one of the 17 pick-up sites in New Orleans and two in Jefferson Parish.
Tanker trucks were fueling the buses, while crews stocked their cabins with food and water.
“We just want to make sure the state gets as many buses as possible into that staging area,” New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said during a press conference.
Do they have drivers??
Evacuation by train! Listening to XM247....has all the alerts....
800 busses and trains started evacuating medical needs patients starting 8am local time.
Good ole' Ray, trying to pass off responsibility to the state again.