Mddow Blog-As hurricane season nears, the Trump administration is struggling badly to prepare

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1. Few Houston residents feel well-prepared for a disaster as hurricane season approaches, Rice survey finds

I am very nervous about the upcoming hurricane season. I have been through almost a dozen hurricanes over the years. Last year, I got to go out into the eye of Beryl as this storm passed immediately above my house. I am nervous

Based on 2024 survey results released earlier this month, the Kinder Institute found that 8% of Harris County residents reported feeling “very well-prepared” for a disaster, while 58% of respondents felt at least “somewhat prepared.” Residents had completed an average of 4 out of 10 preparedness actions recommended by FEMA.

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Ahead of an Atlantic hurricane season predicted to be more active than average — and even after several federally declared disasters have impacted the Houston area in recent years — a survey conducted by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research found that few residents of the region feel “very well-prepared” for the next major storm.

Based on 2024 survey results released earlier this month, the Kinder Institute found that 8% of Harris County residents reported feeling “very well-prepared” for a disaster, while 58% of respondents felt at least “somewhat prepared.” Residents had completed an average of 4 out of 10 preparedness actions recommended by FEMA, such as storm-hardening and insuring their homes, creating emergency plans and signing up for alerts and warnings.

"There are things we can be doing. There are steps we can be taking,” said Daniel Potter, director of the Kinder Institute’s Houston Population Research Center. “We're not going to prepare our way out of our next disaster, but by taking particular steps and being a little more prepared, we're setting ourselves up to have a better recovery afterwards.”

Atlantic hurricane season spans from June through November. A year after Hurricane Beryl devastated the Houston region — toppling trees, flooding streets, causing power outages for more than 2 million and leading to more than 40 deaths — experts at Colorado State University are predicting a total of 17 named storms in 2025.