Study: Individuals in storm-ravaged communities may be less likely to accept support over time -- even when they need it
October 14, 2024
October 14, 2024
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 14 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
A new Rice University study of one middle-class community ravaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 finds that affected individuals were less likely to accept offers of support over time, even when they could use a helping hand. As the long road to recovery after hurricanes Helene and Milton begins, the same questions about whether to seek out and accept help are facing many communities across the Southeast regi . . .
A new Rice University study of one middle-class community ravaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 finds that affected individuals were less likely to accept offers of support over time, even when they could use a helping hand. As the long road to recovery after hurricanes Helene and Milton begins, the same questions about whether to seek out and accept help are facing many communities across the Southeast regi . . .