FEMA's disaster relief fund hits red zone ahead of hurricane season

[Igel]

5. Perhaps.

But this is rather more immediate.

The emergency workers must be paid--but there's no funding for that this fiscal year, so FEMA gets the money from fund sources that have the money. Eventually they will run dry, esp. if funds are being paid out for actual emergencies.

They're in the part of government that's officially shut down over the CPB funding issue. But that's okay--better that there be no emergency funding in case of disaster than ICE and CPB get funded. Or not funded. That's the necessary argument on either side, right?