See the pictures here, which reputedly depicts 60 unflooded school buses at the Algiers Bus Barn at 801 Patterson Ave. The image is from google, and was reportedly taken on Wednesday 8/31, two days after the storm came in; the Superdome wasn't evacuated until Saturday. The route between the bus barn and the Superdome and the Convention Center was apparently open at that time.
Of course, one sticking point is whether these buses were operational or not, and that would require a bit more investigating, such as the testimony of bus drivers.
UPDATE: As with just above everything else about this matter, there's apparently more to this story.
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