What you just posted should be the PROOF of how ill-prepared the "powers that be" were in New Orleans...
Instead of telling them to get their pets, and get the heck out of there....they are threatening them with punishment...
What did these people think was going to happen? Just a summer thunderstorm, and all would be well? For at least 2-3 days the weather people were warning them...
I don't know how anyone could post a link to a television ad, but I'd love to see some newspaper commentary about this matter which, imo, discourages people from leaving.