Writer Todd Litman wrote that "many private care facilities that relied on bus companies and ambulance services for evacuation were unable to evacuate them people because they waited too long (Litman).” According to the Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan, school buses and other public buses are expected to be used during evacuations (State of Louisina EOP). Some of these buses were available but there were not enough drivers to drive them and that was because the governor at the time had not signed a waiver that would have allowed any licensed driver to transport evacuees on school buses. And in one case, a 20-year-old armed only with a standard operator's permit took it upon himself to take a school bus and drive it to Houston with 50 to 70 passengers on board (Litman). According to a New Orleans city engineer, storm surge breached 53 levees on August 29, causing major flooding and submerging eighty percent of the city (Christine). New Orleans is a major port hub for general cargo and various agricultural products and it has been stated that it could take eighty days to empty it (trucknews.com). This demonstrates the role that transport has played in aiding recovery and evacuation efforts in the affected areas and the role it has had to overcome as many ports were closed and had to abandon