New Orleans Buses

Posted by Moonage on 02 Sep 2005 | Tagged as: Katrina

I have heard a lot about how disorganized the evacuation of New Orleans was, leaving behind tens of thousands of people.  Then, not having the capability to get them out of the Superdome, allowing violence and all kinds of mayhem to erupt. 

Then I see this:

And some people have already noticed.

Hat tip Instapundit.

Update 9/7/05:  Snopes investigated this actual photograph.  No retraction on my part is necessary.

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  1. on 05 Sep 2005 at 11:24 pm 1.Stormwarning's Counterterrorism said …

    Flooded/Stranded Buses

    Thanks to Moon for seeing this: As I count them I’d bet that there have to be well over 200 (maybe as many as 500) flooded out buses in this parking lot. A picture is worth a thousand words. In

  2. on 11 Sep 2005 at 10:38 am 2.Moonage said …

    JustOneMinute elaborates on the confusion over the buses in an excellent article.  I still think this was the most egregious failure of the entire New Orleans debacle.  If those buses had been put to use THE DAY BEFORE instead of two days after, when Blanco was harassing others about buses, a lot of human suffering would have been avoided.

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