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Blanco buses on the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4210646.stm ^
| 9/3/2005
| 9/3/2005
Posted on 09/03/2005 6:39:25 AM PDT by ChadGore
In this short video (Real Media 34k stream). . at the very begining . . the 2nd sceen, shows yet another dozen unused blanco buses!
The print story is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4210646.stm
Under the first image is a link that says "VIDEO Aid Finally arrives".
The URI for the RV Video is here:
rtsp://.../09012da6800242eb_16x9_nb.rm?title="BBC"&author=""©right="(C) British Broadcasting Corporation"
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bbc; blanco; blancobuses; buses; busing; incompetence; katrina; katrinafailures; nagin; neworleans; unused
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To: doug from upland
srry for the big image, all . . . but it's good info.
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posted on
09/03/2005 10:54:17 AM PDT
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ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: pepperhead
162
posted on
09/03/2005 10:55:32 AM PDT
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ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: JerseyHighlander
163
posted on
09/03/2005 10:56:15 AM PDT
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ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: null and void
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posted on
09/03/2005 10:57:16 AM PDT
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ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: Doe Eyes
There is another with categories listed per location, but this will do. As you noted, Friday, Cat 2, ALL forecasts called for strengthening and all but two of the computer simulations scheduled a NO hit.
Mayor waited until when? to call for the evac and only AFTER the President called him. Then, according to them, there was no more transportation, except for all the buses that have been noted on this thread. The levees were all designed for a Cat 3 hit, no more.
To: commish
SO, when he ordered the evacuation he has a CAT 5 hurricane making a beeline for his city, and he had 300+ buses at his disposal and he did not use them!Yup.
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:02:45 AM PDT
by
null and void
(It's all like watching a train wreck, in slow motion, from the front of the train.)
To: null and void; Registered
I need idease for the info in #158 above . . . perhaps an "MTV road trip" theme? . . or a "MTV pimp my ride" theme ?
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:08:00 AM PDT
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ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: null and void
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:09:31 AM PDT
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ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: null and void
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:10:27 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: SouthTexas
Again, it easy to say what should have been done, but if we evacuated NO every time it was in the path of a Cat 2 or Cat 3 storm (that may strengthen), it would probably have to be done once a year.
Even when the models showed a NO hit, the strike probability was about 50%.
To: Doe Eyes
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:16:16 AM PDT
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null and void
(It's all like watching a train wreck, in slow motion, from the front of the train.)
To: ChadGore
FYI
New Orleans school buses:
New Orleans public transit buses:
Count 'em and weep...
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09/03/2005 11:21:36 AM PDT
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null and void
(It's all like watching a train wreck, in slow motion, from the front of the train.)
To: Doe Eyes
Perhaps if people where taught how to evacuate, they wouldn't have pilled into the bowl.
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09/03/2005 11:21:47 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: null and void
Holly cow !
There's a second lot !
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09/03/2005 11:23:18 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: CIBvet
I believe those buses only have a tank capacity to get them about 100 miles down the road Well they should get a little farther down the road since most school buses have 60 gallon gas tanks and some even have two. At 5 mpg that should get you at least 300 miles.
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:24:12 AM PDT
by
Smittie
To: ChadGore
And who knows how many more?
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:30:53 AM PDT
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null and void
(It's all like watching a train wreck, in slow motion, from the front of the train.)
To: Doe Eyes
There is far more than that at issue here. We live on the coast, 10-15 miles from the closest bay. We start preparing for hurricane season in JUNE. Freezing gallon milk jugs that have a two-fold purpose. They keep the rest of the food frozen after the power goes out and can supply water when melted. Batteries, candles, flashlights, charcoal, food, cars filled, trees trimmed, grass mowed...
These people did nothing and waited for the government to supply all their needs, the government failed them. NOT the fed, their own city and state.
The probability charts, while not infallible, get better EVERY time they are used!
To: null and void
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:38:46 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: SouthTexas
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09/03/2005 11:42:24 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: null and void
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09/03/2005 11:45:32 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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