If true, and this turns out to be a safety related cause of this event, there will be criminal charges filed, not to mention the enormous civil actions. Better to face a hurricane, than be burned alive.
Bush's Fault!
In addition to finding that there really were explosions involved, it seems we're learning that restrictions were waived on registrations, etc., because of the emergency situation. Evidently, the bus was likely sitting unused in need of registration/inspection, but was pressed into service. As for the Mexican driver's license, the company reportedly had a bad history of driver problems. See: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/05/rita/3367695
Company that owned ill-fated charter bus had driver violationsOr we can just scream "It must be the Muzzies!" and feel good about ourselves. </sarc>
The bus chartered by a Bellaire nursing home to evacuate residents from Hurricane Rita's path had lapsed registration but likely was pressed into service because of the emergency, according to state records and officials.
Also, the company that owned the bus had a serious history of driver violations. In the last 2 1/2 years, the carrier, Global Limo Inc. of Pharr, had five drivers put "out of service" during random inspections in Texas, New Mexico and Missouri, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. [...]