I counted roughtly 200 bus's times 40 people
8000 could have gotten out in one trip
Most school buses, like those in the photo, are 55-pax, so 11,000 people. If he started at the 72 hour point, and made a run every 12 hours, we're talking 55 to 66,000 people evacuated before landfall. Add a few more per busload if you had people sitting in the aisle, or on stretcher there.
Same math here. The cynic in me says they will blame the inability to use these buses as a union problem.