Where Are the 21,000 Buses?

There's been a lot of talk in the media today about the famous missing (and now drowned) New Orleans buses (pictured here). The incompetent governor was even quoted wondering where the buses were:

The governor of Louisiana was "blistering mad." It was the third night after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, and Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco needed buses to rescue thousands of people from the fetid Superdome and convention center. But only a fraction of the 500 vehicles promised by federal authorities had arrived.

Ms. Blanco burst into the state's emergency center in Baton Rouge. "Does anybody in this building know anything about buses?" she recalled crying out.

Here's an interesting factoid for you from the State of Louisiana's own website (h/t Instapundit):

Vehicles and Conveyances
Automobiles registered: 2.0 million

Light trucks registered: 1.5 million

Heavy trucks registered: 32,000

Buses registered: 21,000

Motorcycles registered: 48,000

Rail transit systems: 1 light rail

Numbered boats: 314,000

There were 21,000 buses registered in the State of Louisiana, and the Governor and the Mayor couldn't find any? And there's this great quote from Wizbang:

"If Sen. Mary Landrieu were as good at busing black people to safety as she was at busing them to the polls to vote, none of them would have died."

Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that this is all FEMA's fault. My bad.

By the way, Mrs. HolyCoast and I visited New Orleans Square at Disneyland this afternoon, and in keeping with the spirit of New Orleans, we looted one of the stores. Got some pretty good stuff, too.