In addition to NOAA, the National Park Service, NASA and FEMA all are impacted by a government shutdown. The NWS will continue to provide critical forecast, watch and warning information to protect life and property throughout the shutdown.' On web pages that are taken offline, a notice similar to the following will be displayed: 'Due to the government shutdown, all public National Weather Service activities, including tours and other outreach activities, have been canceled or postponed until further notice. National Weather Service outreach programs such as training storm spotters, educating emergency managers and other public interactions are also temporarily halted during funding lapses because they are deemed non-critical operations.Ī shutdown also impacts many government sites that do not post critical forecast information or alerts. ‘WE GOT ROCKED:’ HURRICANE HUNTER DESCRIBES HURRICANE IAN AS ROUGHEST FLIGHT OF HIS CAREER According to the Ocean Conservancy group, a government shutdown in 2019 caused major ramifications for the fishing industry as stick assessments, meetings and other activities came to a halt.Ī shutdown would come at a time when fisheries were already hard hit by mass die-offs in the Pacific and needed resources to help turn animal populations around.
