Where Have All The Buses Gone?

Uh oh. Mayer Nagin is not going to like this one bit. Paul at Wizbang finds some buses in New Orleans that weren't underwater at all. In fact, they were waiting in Algiers and were under the mayor's control. Go see for yourself.

(h/t: Maggie)

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Great title!

[Tom T]

- CANAL ST BUS DRIVERS EVACUATED TUESDAY -
- 170 RTA BUSES HIGH & DRY AT POLAND ST WHARF -

The Canal Street RTA Bus Yard had a ready crew of bus drivers post-Katrina. They watched the buses flood. Then evacuated to Baton Rouge.

Per 10/1/05 NOLA quote - from RTA spokesperson - Rosalind Blanco Cook -

"Although many of RTA’s buses flooded in Katrina, the agency has enough to begin the limited run, Cook said.

And staffing isn’t a problem, she said. Many bus drivers stayed at RTA’s Canal Street office during the storm and evacuated on the Tuesday after the hurricane for shelter in Baton Rouge, Cook said."

Meanwhile... 170 buses were parked high and dry at the Poland St Wharf, just a short drive down a dry street from the French Quarter.

Per 9/12/05 NOLA - quote -

"Some 150 buses that were moved to the Poland Avenue Wharf in the Lower Ninth Ward appear to have fared well, but about 70 of those vehicles were commandeered by the police and fire departments, the National Guard, and in a few cases by individual citizens who used them to evacuate family members, friends and neighbors."

See 8/31/05 - Google Map - Poland Street Wharf - w RTA buses - NOT cargo containers - see pre & post Katrina & compare w Canal St buses.

Per - NOAA 8/31/05 - River Sector - Pics of Poland Street Wharf - w 170 RTA buses -

Row 4 - 5 from right - N is right - 24428406.jpg

Row 4 - 6 from right - N is right - 24428410.jpg

Row 4 - 7 from right - N is right - 24428415.jpg

For visual comparison - See Canal Street Buses - Row 3 - 14 from right - North is Left - 24427963.jpg - middle of pic -

See - Google Map - of Canal Street Bus Yard -
2817 Canal St, New Orleans, LA -

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