That they had a bunch of school buses sitting around? Did they also have a bunch of bus drivers, or other qualified people with CDLs, sitting around on call? Because most of them are usually part time employees with second or third jobs and probably also had their own families and problems to solve.
> Did they also have a bunch of bus drivers, or other qualified people with CDLs, sitting around on call?
You unwittingly demonstrate the cruelty of bearaucratic thinking that is inconsequential in the face of real human disaster, ultimately leading to tragedy.
> That they had a bunch of school buses sitting around?
That they had an obvious resource which with proper planning (which would, of course, include lining up drivers) could have been used to evacuate large numbers of people, but which was not used at all, and was not even considered in what little prior planning the city and the state did do.
> most of them are usually part time employees with second or third jobs and probably also had their own families and problems to solve.
Um, put the drivers' families on the bus they're driving?
Again, this is the sort of thing proper advance planning will obviously take into account.
It was well documented by multiple investigations after the fact.