the first paragraph in the disaster plan cited the
state law giving the mayor the athority and the
responsibility for emplementing the plan and use of
all availble city buses and school busses was on page
13 of the plan. the busses would have been at his
disposal at thetime the madatory evac was ordered. so
no they were not flooded at the time that he should
have used them.

i am going to see if i can go back and pull up that
copy of the plan so i can send the url for all to see.


to bad someone did not tell the maytor that there
would be an election and he needed to get these folks
to a polling place in baton rouge for an election.

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Ken,
>
> Interesting....I would guess that the mayor ordered
> the use of the
> busses he had direct authority over.  The lack of
> coordination between
> the city and the schools in the area is a question
> that probably needs
> to be re-visited.  I'd be interested to know if the
> busses that were
> used were full before the flooding got so serious
> that they couldn't be
> used, and if they were, why school busses weren't
> used....
>
> I also know that the author of the part that I
> forwarded does in fact
> live in the New Orleans area, as she and I have
> talked in the past about
> Mardi Gras, the Saints, and other issues specific to
> the area.
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: About New Orleans and the aftermath
>
> i knbow you did not write this, but, click here and
> then come back and tell me all the busses available
> were used.
>
>
http://sirhumphreys.blogspot.com/2005/09/abandoned-school-buses-in-new-o
> rleans.html
>
> you might have to cut and past.
>
> --- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I got this from another list...  It sheds some
> > interesting light on the
> > evacuation efforts in New Orleans from someone who
> > was there.
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> > redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the
> > unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> > Therefore, all
> > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mary Hooks [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 11:20 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [HYCEPH-L] About New Orleans and the
> > aftermath
> >
> > Hey: Don't get me started here!  New Orleans is
> > devistated, the citizens of the city and
> surrounding
> > suburbs were ORDERED to evacuate, Mayor
> > Nagin made it mandatory.  He provided every
> transit
> > bus available for free, they enacted contra-flow
> > where
> > the interstates in the city were changed to allow
> > traffic
> > to flow out of the city in both sides.  There was
> no
> > reason
> > for anyone to remain in the city unless they chose
> > to do so.
> > Honestly, I live here, I saw it all.  They did
> > everything they
> > could to get those people out of there.  This is
> NOT
> > a
> > money issue.  I am so deeply saddened for the
> people
> > that stayed behind and lost their lives.  They are
> > still attempting to rescue people trapped in
> flooded
> > homes.
> > NO ONE expected the levy to collapse.  We have all
> > learned
> > from this.  There have been evacuations before for
> > hurricanes
> > that made a last minute turn and avoided the city.
> > It's a cry wolf
> > situation, what should you do?  They are doing
> > everything they
> > can to help those people.  Don't believe eveything
> > you see
> > on the national news.  It is so sensationalized
> and
> > they
> > aren't telling the whole story, only what will
> sell
> > news.  My
> > friends please believe me when I tell you this.
> All
> > of Southeast
> > Louisiana is devistated as well as South
> > Mississippi.  No one
> > expects damage like this, but we are doing out
> best
> > to cope.
> > No one expected the levy to break, but it did.  NO
> > ONE expected
> > this much devistation.  Please, don't start
> pointing
> > fingers, just
> > put your hands together and pray instead.  Sorry
> but
> > I am a bit
> > emotional right now and reading these posts is
> very
> > upsetting.
> > You don't know what you are talking about until
> you
> > are here and
> > right in the middle of it.
> > I still love ya'll,
> > Mary Hooks
> >
>
>
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