New Orleans Response: Food For Thought

For all the talk about lack of planning and not getting people out, how about some consideration. Sure they should have military personnel on hand to move people out (that would have gone over well, armed guards pulling into the poor parts of N.O.!) but also it was suggested buses.

So here's a scenario. You are a bus driver for Greyhound. The administration calls up the big bosses and says a big hurricane is coming to a major US city. There is little time to bring in the reserves or other help. He asks Greyhound to mobilize buses to help bring people out of the city who cannot get out on their own.

Big Boss says "sure, prez, how can we help?" Prez says that the poor ghetto areas are in need. "Can you please get your buses into [insert name of any inner city ghetto]?" ... Big Boss imagines sending his drivers, alone and unarmed, into the worst neighbourhoods in the country. He doesn't want to decline or when the press finds out he and his company will be labeled as insensitive, racist bastards.

So .. the call comes down to you, Mr. Average White Male Bus Driver. "Will you take your bus into [ghetto named above] and pick up a bus of people? You will be unarmed of course out of fear of being painted as racist for protecting yourself."

So Mr. Bus Driver, your response?