Personal impact of government shutdown on DU.

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37. No option for me to check on this poll

I am seeking government employment again and all hiring has been frozen so I won't even find out about the applications submitted for which closing dates were this week or in the near future until this blows over. Also, the community nearest me is going into freakout mode since the NPs and NFs that I live near (am surrounded by) are kicking out all the campers this morning. Since I am surrounded by public lands, all services, including pullouts and rest areas along the highways that pass through them, are closed.

Not only that but all those folks who graze their cattle at subsidized rates on the public lands may well turn out far more livestock than is allowed while the shutdown is in effect, like they did last time, which also means serious erosion and other damage that will take years for the landscape to recover from... all because there's nobody there to stop the cattlefolk from doing it.

I suppose that the hunting/fishing licenses and permits will be put on hold as well.

Personal impact... can't get hired either by the gov't or in the private sector in my area because the private sector is dependent upon the NPs and NFs in the area, which are now closed and essentially evacuated.