[ChadGore]

Now that you see the 2 images side by side . . it's clear that they are not the same buses. Look at how they are parked.

[CIBvet]

Probably none of these buses were operational after the levee was breached, but all were available to the Mayor/Governor on the 3days prior while the Kat5 was was boiling out in the Gulf & obviously heading straight for NO like a freight-train.

I believe those buses only have a tank capacity to get them about 100 miles down the road before needing fuel, but refueling along the way certainly could have been arranged/ordered. Of course prior planning/arrangements would have had to be made for all the folks at the end destination to care for them during & a few days(??) after the storm, or worst-case-scenario flood-out.

Then too, those folks would have had to be convinced of the necessity to leave.

[connectthedots]

You can't even tell how many more buses there might be in the picture on the right. I'd like to see a wider view of that parking lot to get the real number.