Texas Governor Rick Perry declared Dean to be an imminent threat to the state, and thus initiated a full-scale hurricane preparedness effort on August 17 when the storm was at least five days away.
德克萨斯州州长里克·佩里宣布迪安对该州构成迫在眉睫的威胁，因此早在风暴还至少要五天后才可能来袭的8月17日开始全面的飓风防备工作。