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I've seen some other posts with photos of police cars in action on this forum. This section is the closest I could find that these would fit.
I thought these photos would be of interest;
Top photo: DPS Black & Whites enroute to Beaumont (after Rita last year)in groups of 25.
Bottom Photo: DPS Black & Whites enroute to Beaumont refuel at Houston Regional Office -Only available fuel in Houston.

Cool pictures!

Hope everyone kept their cool while waiting in line for fuel.



Edit: keyboard can't spell

There were 10 groups of 25 patrol cars with two troopers per car for a total of 500 Troopers on this one day coming out of Austin. There were already 500 pre-postioned in the Lufkin area ahead of time.

I took a couple of pictures on the way out of Houston (a day before the panic hit)...

And there was still a ton of traffic all around town...

We took the Beltway 8 east around town (mostly two lanes) to I-45 thinking it might no tbe TOO bad...Wrong...

I have a picture I took on my cell phone that showed a "wide load" being escorted by an HPD motor scooter officer...

Now...Don't get me wrong, I am all for the continuation of commerce and making money and all that...And loads like that need escort...

But knowing that the majority of traffic at that time were people wanting to get out of town with a force 4 (soon to be 5) coming right at Houston, you'd think that most commercial loads are insured, right???

Park that sucker! Leave it...

It took up all of the lane and part of the other making passing and congestion worse than Thanksgiving Wednesday!

I am hoping the evac plans have taken into account the suspension of all non-essential commercial traffic in effected areas...

I just saw this topic and thought I would annoy, with a whiny rant for a change...

Ohhhh, and on the way back (more than the way up and out of town)...

Those people who think they are above waiting in line like the rest of us who are plodding along, being very patient and polite to those around us...

The knuckleheads driving down the shoulder lanes (at highway speeds and above) not only need to be cited, but arrested, vehicle impounded, and jailed...

I made sure that while we were trucking along at the stately 0-5 mph that evy trooper we did see, I had my younger and more agile nephew hop out (he's a WR on his team) and grab a couple of cold drinks out of the cooler in the back of the truck and run them over to the guy as they were writing the tickets...

I thought it was a nice gesture of appreciation while we were on the way back that Sunday...

Not that it really mattered...

We evacuated to Huntsville the day BEFORE the traffic jam hit. The day of the big jam, we went to a local store, loaded up with Gatorades and drove around town handing them out to police as they sat and blocked on/offramps all over town.

People in my neighborhood actually practiced the open carry of rifles and shotguns and people could of cared less, it was awesome.

Wow that reminds me of the presidential motorcycle motorcade I saw while I was in Austin, when Bush came to make a speech on Rita.

I went to Humble to rescue my mother-inlaw from hurricane Rita.
From Humble To Lufkin 100 miles it took me 22 hrs. and a tank of
gas. Had it not been for Longtooth I wouldn't have made it on to
Atlanta. Going and coming I was behind the wheel 32 straight hrs.
Don't want to do that again.

Man that was a horrible 2.5 weeks but it was some AWESOME money for all that o.t.

When Rita came through I was attending Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches and I remember someone stealing a full gas can out of the back of my jeep >_< (It was locked down with a bike cable, they cut it) On the positive side, it was filled with "White Gas" for my 2-burner camp stove, and whoever ended up using it undoubtably ended up having to have some expensive repair work done to their fuel system ^_^