FEMA FEMA has sent more than 150 staff to Hawaii as well as 65 electrical generators, with another 26 scheduled to arrive on Thursday. (Photo: Jason Janik/Bloomberg News)

(Bloomberg) – As a Category 4 hurricane roars toward Hawaii, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it's learned the lessons of last year's devastation of Puerto Rico and is vowing a better response.

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