Well, that begs the question: Why were they all in a convoy? Are you saying they all got together and evacuated their own individual families in an organized manner? I don't think so.
The only thing that makes sense is that they were ordered to save the school buses from the impending flood.
Hey, I know! Maybe they were going to all those safe, water-stocked shelters to bring all the indigent people back that they had evacuated. No, wait....
No, wait....
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The motto of Gov Blanco and Mayor Nagin
From another thread:
A number of New Orleans police patrol cars have been spotted in Houston since Hurricane Katrina struck — several of which are now being stored in HPD parking lots, officials said.
Details about how the patrol cars arrived in Houston remained sketchy , more than a week after the devastating storm caused major flooding in the city.
"To our knowledge, (the patrol cars) have been driven by New Orleans police officers," said Lt. Robert Manzo, an HPD spokesman.
New Orleans police commanders are aware that several of their patrol cars are now in Houston, Manzo said.
"We were told not to stop them and we were told that these cars were not reported stolen," Manzo said.
The patrol cars apparently were taken by New Orleans police officers as they evacuated the city, officials said.
"That was the only mode of transportation," Manzo said. New Orleans police officials "are not interested in pursuing any charges against (the drivers.)"