"turns out that over 2000 school busses in New Orleans.."
I can't believe that figure. Sure you don't mean 200?
I can't believe that figure. Sure you don't mean 200?
It is more than 200. When I counted the buses on satellite photos of just two parking lots I had over 400. There were other parking lots which I didn't count.
I don't know the exact number, you may be correct.
http://junkyardblog.net/archives/week_2005_08_28.html shows a sat photo of 160 or soo less than a mile from the Dome on 3 Sept just sitting there.
200, 2000, whatever - point is that a LOT OF BUSSES WERE NOT USED BY MAYORAL DECISION. When you're talking hundreds of busses minimum, the exact order of magnitude is a relatively minor issue.
New Orleans has/d about 80,000 students. 2000 buses wouldn't seem out of line. Ain't gubmint grand?
There have been at least 3 different photos with buses sitting in water up to their eyeballs, with counts surpassing 570. That's just school buses. In addition, Don't-Blame-Me Nagin had authority to call on the 367 Rapid Transit Authority (around-town) buses, plus 36 "special needs" (handicap-equipped?) buses, plus 26 additional contract buses, all of which sat unused and flooded out. But none of them would be as plush as the Greyhound lines, certainly.
I work next door to our city's school bus yard and would estimate there are easily 200 buses parked there. This number takes care of the children of a city with a population of 50,000. With NO's population running near 500,000, it's feasible to think they had as many as 2000 buses.
BTW, I mentioned this premise to my husband the other day as he does work for the city school bus barn. He reminded me that many buses are parked at individual driver's homes to be closer to the start of their routes. He guesses we have at least 250 for a population of 50,000.