WHY DIDN'T YOU DEPLOY THE BUSES, MAYOR?... New Orleans Lost Opportunity

Matt Drudge ^ | 8-2-05 | Drudge

[joinedafterattack]

WHY DIDN'T YOU DEPLOY THE BUSES, MAYOR?... New Orleans Lost Opportunity

WHY DIDN'T YOU DEPLOY THE BUSES, MAYOR?...

[Fresh Wind]

Um, maybe because they were under THREE FREAKIN' FEET OF WATER? All of the buses in that pic have their engines underwater.

You don't know squat about busses, pal.

[headsonpikes]

Half the people would have to ride in the back of the bus, and that just ain't right!

[SeaBiscuit]

Ditto that! And who knows, if it gets enough exposure on the Net sometimes in ends up in the Media.. but we won't hold our breath. :-)

[BizzeeMom]

Thank you! Geez, I'm getting flogged by all my Bush-hating relatives. Finally!

[BizzeeMom]

doh!

[DCMB]

Did he actually say he wasn't a drug addict? The first time I heard him my first thought was "Is this guy high??"

[jw777]

impeach the inept mayor. and the apparently inept and stupid citizens who stayed despite the warnings.

[SAJ]

Hindsight? Hardly. Three points here:
1) School bus fleets have routinely been used for evac in a number of Atlantic coast hurricanes; 2 minutes of Googling will persuade of this, if you're not inclined to take it at face value.
2) No vehicle fleet in the predicted path of a hurricane, particularly a large one, can afford to sit still. High ground, low ground, whatever ground makes no difference in the general case. As a matter of pure practicality and maximum survivability, the fleet must be dispersed.
3) Clearly, given the N.O. school bus depot is in the bowl, this was a matter of ''move it or lose it''. Even if the busses weren't to be used in evac (for what reason I cannot fathom), they simply must be moved to higher ground.

This dolt of a mayor, in addition to killing X number of his city's citizens en passant, has additionally stuck the taxpayers with an 8-figure bill for a new or substantially rebuilt bus fleet. Jackass.

[JulieRNR21]

Great post.........BUMP

[JoJo Gunn]

To say that they should have been moved to high ground before the storm is hindsight B.S.

Oh man, to be you must suck Big Time right now.

[b4its2late]

No kidding..... All those school buses at his disposal....

But he wants to blame everyone else.

Just remember mayor, you point your finger at someone, and there are 3 pointing back to you....

[Stonewall Jackson]

By enlarging the photo, I was able to count at least 200 buses in just the photographed section of this parking lot. If you put 50 people on each bus, this means that 10,000 people could have been evacuated on these buses.

[grey_whiskers]

WHY DIDN'T YOU DEPLOY THE BUSES, MAYOR?... Um, maybe because they were under THREE FREAKIN' FEET OF WATER?

Umm, like, before the storm?

When Bush declared LA a disaster area even before landfall?

Someone double check whether the hurricane was even a Cat 4 when Bush made the declaration.

Prayers!

[SAJ]

When Mr. Bush issued his statement on Saturday morning, Katrina was already at Cat 5. I can find the exact timing sequence if you like.

[Born in a Rage]

I was saying of FR when people were pouring into the Superdome that they should be getting those people on busses and whatever and getting them out of there before the storm arrived. I was totally 'flamed' by some FReeper's for this. A number of them complained that it was 'impossible' because of the logistics of the situation and that these people should have found their own transportation...

It is horrible that all of these busses were just sitting there when they could have been used to evacuate people. It's disgusting.

[libstripper]

EXCELLENT POINT!!!

[jaydubya]

All major cities are supposed to have evacuation plans in case of a disaster such as this. This should have been a high priority for NO since it is 10 feet below sea level and in a hurricane zone. This seems so obvious it's sad.

[No Blue States]

"Can we get "mayor" spelled correctly before sending it all over the net?"

Oh man, how embarrassing. lol

Ill fix that now. Had to pick my daughter up from school
so was in a hurry.

[flowergirl]

Bravo!!! Post of the DAY!!!

[usmcobra]

"because they were under THREE FREAKIN' FEET OF WATER? All of the buses in that pic have their engines underwater."

Not true one brave person stole one of those buses loaded it with hi family, friends, and neighbors and drove it to the Astro Dome.