What bothered me about the whole thing was when the manager said,

"We are investigating why we did not receive those evacuation orders from the city if this area was known to flood in the past," she wrote. "Had we been aware of potential flooding, we would have removed all of the animals from the store as we do in all other locations."

Hello, since when to you need a notice for common sense, if you are aware that the area is prone to flooding then that should have been your first priority in the situation. I for one would rather have moved all the animals and found out that I didn't need too than not and have that carelessness happen.