FWIW, I think capacity is 66 people, but I don't know if that's kids or adults. Certainly thousands could've been bussed to safety if Nagin and Blanco had extracted their heads from their backsides.
"FWIW, I think capacity is 66 people, but I don't know if that's kids or adults. Certainly thousands could've been bussed to safety if Nagin and Blanco had extracted their heads from their backsides."
Ive heard the number of 500 NOLA buses not being used, that would be 33,000 capacity.
I once rode in the aisle, mostly sitting on a wooden ammo box, from Lincoln to North Platte Nebraska, and part of the way back sitting on the "step down" to the driver's level from the passenger level. It was an older "Greyhound type" bus. (by older I mean older in '67, today it would ancient) The only reason I didn't have to ride all the way back was that the assistant coach took pity on me, and took the floor himself for about 1/2 the way back. (It was cold down there, temperature at game time at been around 20 F in North Platte) Thats about 230 miles one way, and we went, lost a football game, ate supper, and drove back with no overnight stay in North Platte.
IIRC, that bus didn't have a head either, and I don't recall stopping anywhere along the way. I guess we might have driven partway before having supper. Since I tried to forget, it's amazing I can remember it all after all these years. :)
Houston is about 350 miles, but Red Stick (Baton Rouge) is only about 80, while Ft. Polk is under 270 miles. The two other than Ft. Polk are all interstate travel, so you could really move once you cleared the city.