From another thread, a freeper told me this:
Yep, and Saturday and Sunday a New Orleans TV station was stating that people who left pets behind would be prosecuted for animal cruelty. So no doubt at least some people didn't evacuate because they had pets. Regardless of what you feel about pets, it was a bad idea to discourage anyone from leaving.
WHAT!?!
Behind as in left them in their house or behind as in let them go?