Dreux Ave bus yard:
Posted on 09/03/2005 6:39:25 AM PDT by ChadGore
In this short video (Real Media 34k stream). . at the very begining . . the 2nd sceen, shows yet another dozen unused blanco buses!
The print story is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4210646.stm
Under the first image is a link that says "VIDEO Aid Finally arrives".
The URI for the RV Video is here:
His ability to double the speed limit in Texas is LEGENDARY !
I'm sorry. I don't remember but the caption said in addition to the ones that were already posted here.
Dreux Ave bus yard:
I don't think I saw that thread, but a NTD (national transit database) from 2002 has the New Orleans RTA with 364 transit buses and 68 paratransit vehicles available for peak hour/rush hour service.
I'm looking at a pdf document right now, but I got there from the site below, which I think I found on a thread from Doug from Upland.
http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/007188.html
The hurricane chart shown in this thread shows a strike zone about 400 miles wide. And at the time, the storm was what, cat 2 or cat 3?
If we follow what the Monday morning quarterbacks are calling for, how many times would NO have been previously evacuated? Once a year, since forever?
http://www.apta.com/links/transit_by_mode/bus.cfm
Yep - according to above link, New Orleans has between 200 - 499 buses. Of course the link to the RTD doesn't work. Guess their servers are down ;-)
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.
Looks like city buses on the left.
Clearly the ones on the right are school buses.
Both could have been used to get residents out of New Orleans BEFORE Katrina hit!
The storm, at that time, was a Cat 5, only dropping to a Cat 4 right before going inland.
Or seatbelts.;)
It's clear that these 2 images are of the same formation of busses.
Here's both images together:
Actually those are school buses with white roofs.
Maybe someone who can google earth could locate the address of the bus barn or corp yard for the Regional Transit Authority and check it out.
Go to my reply #108 here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476264/posts?page=108#108
I found that picture on another thread, but I don't want to take up more bandwidth for dial-ups. There is a link to the original post that shows the picture full size. Looks like another if not two more bus yards.
Yeah, but the conditions were perfect for significant intensification (90 degree water temperature), and ALL of the computer models were in total agreement on the track. If it was you and your family on the line, would you prefer a few unnecessary trips out of the area to drowning in a flood (or worse)? Once a year? No way.
What's also interesting is that the white roof on the buses in both photos match up.
Thank you I found it, appears it is right off of I10.
You do have a point there. And I don't think these people would have left anyway. They didn't want to leave their stuff.
Full agreement that the satellite picture is of the same location as the helicopter photo.
I'm talking about the chart shown on this thread (Friday, 10 PM).
It has max sustained winds of 105, which is Cat 2.
I'm talking about the chart shown on this thread (Friday, 10 PM).
It has max sustained winds of 105, which is Cat 2.
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