Photo of School Buses Question...in NO's

[HardWorkingDem]

Does anyone know the story behind the photograph of the submerged school buses and why weren't they used to get people out?

I was talking to a friend today and mentioned how hard it must be to find drivers to drive them because I would assume many local drivers would have been trying to get their families out just like everyone else.

Just curious...

[mogster]

1. The School Bushes...I mean Buses - primary rw talking point

Here's a thread about that (among other things) :
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2060734&mesg_id=2063701

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Because Nagin used Regional Transit Authority buses instead

at least those buses have AC and the drivers work on Sunday.


Sunday, August 28, 2005

Around 112,000 Orleanians do not own cars, according to census data. Nagin urged those people to seek rides with friends, family, neighbors and church members. Those who could not find rides were urged to get to the Superdome as quickly as possible.

Regional Transit Authority buses were scheduled to ferry people to the dome from 12 locations around the city beginning at noon today.

Meantime, to make sure word of the mandatory evacuation gets out, Nagin said that police and fire crews would be driving through neighborhoods Sunday with bullhorns, directing people to leave.

The evacuation order contained exemptions for certain people, including city, state and federal officials, inmates of the parish prison, those in hospitals, tourists staying in hotels and members of the media.

An emergency order Nagin announced Sunday in declaring the mandatory evacuation gives authorities the right to commandeer private buildings and vehicles — including boats — as they see fit.

The mayor did not say which buildings might be seized for public use. For the time being, the Superdome will be used as a “shelter of last resort” for those unable to evacuate the city. If the dome fills to capacity, other buildings could be appropriated, Nagin said.

Nagin said the dome’s availability to residents doesn’t mean that going there is a good idea.

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_08_28.html