[abb]

Perhaps we should send Marsha pics of where the busses were...

[beyond the sea]

I can't believe that the local and state officials were lax. I'm blown away.

[beyond the sea]

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that, before the storm hit, the buses were moved to higher ground that traditionally didn't flood. But this time the area, like 80 percent of New Orleans, did flood.

Hey genius mayor Nagin, what good were the buses going to do anyone............ parked ANYWHERE (higher ground or lower ground) AFTER the levees broke???

You are "stuck on stupid".

[libertylover]

# New Orleans Regional Transit Authority buses weren't available. Most were flooded by the same waters that trapped residents. Buses that could have taken people out of the city before the storm did not.

Total bull*&^%! They were certainly available BEFORE the storm but the stuck on stupid mayor allowed them to be flooded instead of using them to evacuate the poor.

# Buses that the Federal Emergency Management Agency promised reportedly within hours of Katrina's landfall weren't actually ordered until early Wednesday.

Possibly true; I have no way of knowing this one way or the other.

# State government didn't have transportation assets to send. It would take days to mobilize a fleet of school buses from throughout the state.

Total bull*&^%! You'd be amazed at how quickly people will respond if asked. Ask and let the paperwork follow later; no decent person would fault you for that in this situation.

# There was no emergency plan for moving people before or after the hurricane -- just a general framework that was yet to be fleshed out.

Total bull*&^%! The plan calls to use city busses and school bussed to move people out BEFORE the storm-I've seen the plan.

[Calpernia]

>>>>State government didn't have transportation assets to send. It would take days to mobilize a fleet of school buses from throughout the state.

[mtbopfuyn]

No, the problem began long before the storm. Too many folks in NO sat around watching the Weather Channel watching that big read dot coming closer and closer, but did nothing to get to safety. Generation after generation has learned to wait for someone else to take care of them rather than doing for themselves.

[WasDougsLamb]

Evacuation buses didn't start showing up in large numbers until Thursday

It would take days to mobilize a fleet of school buses from throughout the state


----The buses were already there. You CHOSE not to use them
----And this one kills me the most....

Buses are not among the pre-staged supplies

-----A way of transporting your citizens out of harm's way is NOT part of an disaster supply list? Well then I guess the probability of EVACUATION wasn't something you were considering living below sea level?
-----They are going to have an excuse/reason for every one of their actions. It is obvious the TRUTH will never be told by any of them in office down there. They are only thinking of themselves. NOT the people of New Orleans or anywhere in Louisiana. The pictures/videos however do not lie.