NOPD Scanner: No buses for Dome evac, "hitting critical mass"

[expatriot]

every request these cops are putting in is being denied, all inquiries are coming across as "negatives." completely FUBAR times SNAFU times BUSH. the tragedy deepens.

[jsamuel]

1. what does that mean?

[smurfygirl]

2. there are not enough busses

and they are running out of room

[KeepItReal]

4. There is a whole yard of City and School Buses in New Orleans East

Unfortunately they are under water.

Nobody thought they might come in handy, I guess.

Damn.

[aquart]

21. If they'd been used to evacuate the poor and carless...

They'd be out of town and still functional. Why weren't they? It was a mandatory evacuation.

[KeepItReal]

25. I don't know. New Orleans bus system worked great. Plenty of vehicles.

I rode the bus in N.O. exclusively for 4 of the 6 years I lived there.

If you look at the aerial footage of New Orleans East, you can see the bus yard clear as day with scores of city and public school buses there.

[BQueen]

26. I asked the same question earlier

can you imagine how much the impact would have been lessened if someone had just split up the number of available school buses and gone to the poor neighborhoods BEFORE Katrina hit? And if they had done that, how many of the "well, I'll just ride it out" crowd might have taken the evac orders to heart?

That's all I could think of when I saw an aerial shot of a lot chock full of bright yellow schoolbuses flooded to the roofs.

[speedoo]

7. I think it means the folks in the Superdome can't take anymore.

There's what, 20,000 people in there? Stale air, no water, no place to shit or piss, no food.

I think the only thing that's preventing a riot is that they are exhaused.

But when people start dying in there, the panic could be deadly.

[texanwitch]

27. I am in Houston listening to my scanner and the police were just told to

on the watch for two school buses from NO and stop them to check the drivers because them might be driven by 15 year olds.

[smurfygirl]

3. also. they said the busses have not even showed up

meeting w/ lt. gov about the busses

[MercutioATC]

5. The buses are being brought in as we type.

They were at a truck stop on I-10...

...about 100 buses.

[karlrschneider]

12. Where on I-10? In Louisiana?

Sorry just trying to sort out the junk from the facts, no offense meant I promise!

[MercutioATC]

14. LaPlace. (link to map)

I'm listening to a stream of a NOLA emergency band, but I'm not familiar with the area.


On edit, zoomable Expedia map link:

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=htwv&from=m&stat=1&khst=1&locn=LaPlace+Louisiana+United+States&ploc=LaPlace+Louisiana+United+States&fmap=1&mdpcid=21187-1.ExpediaGEOMaps%20Missing%20FreeSearch%2045&eapid=21187-1&&zz=1125557836441&

[karlrschneider]

28. Ok, I know where it is...thanks.

;-)

[tjdee]

6. I'm sorry. Can someone post that link again?

I'm so tired my eyes are going googly, I'm sure I missed it somewhere.

[Ms. Clio]

8. some buses got to the toll booth and then returned to the staging area?

[MercutioATC]

10. That's what it looks like.

On the radio (police band) they're calling it a "crisis" at the Dome now.

[Ms. Clio]

13. Yes, I just heard that -- can't believe this feed

[MercutioATC]

17. The wonders of the Internet...

We know more than 99% of the media does right now.

[Ms. Clio]

19. Bet some of them are monitoring us and know about this feed now, too

[me b zola]

9. I thought that they had *some* buses

If so, what is there plan? Are they going to wait until they have enough buses for everyone before they allow anyone to leave?

[MercutioATC]

11. According to the scanner, ALL of the buses are on I-10 at a truck stop.

None anyplace else.

[nonconformist]

15. I don't even know what to say anymore.

This is shaping up to be the worse case scenario x10000000.

[tridim]

16. "Keep this channel clear, for crisis at the Superdome"

:scared:

[smurfygirl]

18. what is going on!!!!

what do you think is happening. Probably everyone loosing tempers

[tridim]

20. I think they're going to have to leave some people there overnight

I'm sure some people are starting to freak out. I would be.

[MercutioATC]

22. Soldier just shot at Dome.

[colinmom71]

23. Wait... Was *a* soldier shot, or...

did a soldier fire off a shot?

[MercutioATC]

24. A soldier was shot in the upper leg by a civilian...

...said civilian is now cornered in a locker room.