Excuse me Mr. Mayor. I think you need to worry about your citizens taking you out. Especially if they see this picture!
From the DRUDGE REPORT
"WHY DIDN'T YOU DEPLOY THE BUSES DURING THE MANDATORY EVACUATION, MAYOR?..."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050901/480/flpc21109012015
Because that was the plan. The New Orleans hurricane preparedness plan called for evacuation of those with vehicles, with those without vehicles (about 20% of the population) to hunker down. This fiasco went exactly as planned!
I kept seeing those kinds of pics, and just briefly would glance at them. I thought those were barges/semi-truck haulers that were in the water.
I just looked closer, due to this thread, and realized .... those are buses.
apparently he can only drive one bus at a time. If the drivers don't get there then no one can do it.
folks....we need to e-mail this to all the media outlets we can:
Louisiana disaster plan, pg 13, para 5 , dated 01/00
'The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating'...
pics of the flooded buses: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050901/480/flpc21109012015