Traffic is bumper to bumper near downtown Houston on Thursday along Interstate 45 North as residents flee the Gulf region ahead of Hurricane Rita. Deborah Cannon, AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Traffic is bumper to bumper near downtown Houston on Thursday along Interstate 45 North as residents flee the Gulf region ahead of Hurricane Rita. Deborah Cannon, AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Motorists evacuate Houston on Highway 10 near Columbus. The eastbound lanes were closed to traffic by Texas Department of Transportation personnel who said that evenutually the evacuation traffic would be routed onto the eastbound lanes of the roadway. Larry Kolvoord AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Hurricane Rita evacuees poured into Austin overnight and into Thursday afternoon, filling two shelters and opening another. Hundreds wait in line to register at the LBJ High School shelter this morning, many driving long hours overnight to get here, like Jose Antonio Gonzalez, 1 1/2 years old, who is a little tired being held by his father Guadalupe Gonzalez. Their family of 20 drove overnight starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday and finally Arived at 6 a.m. this morning. Ralph Barrera AMERICAN-STATESMAN
George Cokins waits to board one of the last buses out of Galveston on Thursday morning at the Island Community Center. Louis DeLuca THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
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