The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has a startling proposal after a report found the agency is “not ready” for hurricane season. Michael Brown, who led FEMA during Hurricane Katrina,

FEMA acting chief David Richardson has laid out the agency's intent for this upcoming hurricane season, cementing plans to push more responsibility to the states for disaster response and recovery while continuing federal support “when deemed necessary.

Richardson, who took the helm at FEMA one week ago in an abrupt change of leadership, said he believed the agency would likely cut its financial outlay to half of what a state needs to respond to a disaster as part of future reforms.