FEMA Is Running Out of Money

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued ninety disaster and emergency declarations in 2022, and 114 in 2023.[1]  So far in 2024, FEMA has issued 100 such declarations—and we still have four-and-a-half months to go, including much of the hurricane season. Fifty-eight of these emergency declarations have been for severe storms and flooding, such as the damage caused by Hurricanes Beryl and Debby, while forty-two were for fires, like the ones in California and Colorado. While that is well under the all-time high of 315 emergency declarations in 2020, the year is far from over.

As a result of this busy disaster year, FEMA is running out of money, so they are pausing all new obligations except what is necessary for lifesaving and life-sustaining activities.

By the way, these disaster declarations do not include extreme heat events, which are becoming more common as the planet continues to warm. The average global temperature in July was 62.58°F (16.99°C), the warmest July since records began to be kept 175 years ago.[2]

To learn more about what climate change is, how it is impacting our world, and how it might be fulfilling biblical prophecy, read Chapter 11 of my book, Beyond Blind Faith, entitled “Apocalypse Soon.” You can read it in its entirety for free on this website. Just click here, or click on “Don’s Books” at the top of this page and go to the “List of Contents” under my book, Beyond Blind Faith.

[1]. This blog entry is based in part on the article, “Storms and wildfires swamp FEMA as disaster funds dry up,” by Mike Magner, August 12, 2024, found at: https://rollcall.com/2024/08/12/storms-and-wildfires-swamp-fema-as-disaster-funds-dry-up/

[2]. See the article, “Earth just had its warmest July on record,” by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, August 12, 2024, found at: https://www.noaa.gov/news/earth-just-had-its-warmest-july-on-record#:~:text=The%20average%20July%20global%20surface,NOAA’s%20175%2Dyear%20global%20record.