After discussing the nature and age of the agency - mentioning also the disaster relief has a long history in the US - we pointed out that a big problem with funding FEMA is that we never know ahead of time how much has to be spent on disaster relief. We don't know what disasters will happen until they happen. I guess that's why the are called disasters. Global warming models suggest that rising world temperatures make climate related disasters more frequent ans costly. The Washington Post has a graphic that seems to support his:
