Announcement from the US Geological Service

[theHandpuppet]

Just read this on their earthquake monitor website:

GOVERNMENT FURLOUGH

Due to a lapse in Federal funding, the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program has suspended most of its operations. While the USGS will continue to monitor and report on earthquake activity, the accuracy or timeliness of some earthquake information products, as well as the availability or functionality of some web pages, could be affected by our reduced level of operation.

You have to follow this link for the announcement:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/

[Jim Warren]

1. and weather related from the NWS

The National Weather Service has this up now:

http://governmentshutdown.noaa.gov/

Good thing it's been a slow hurricane season........so far anyway.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, theHandpuppet.

[roguevalley]

3. I can see three active volcanoes from my house and there is another 80

miles south of me. They have all erupted in the last few decades and I HATE IT WHEN THEY DO.

YOU WAIT! SPUR, ILLIAMNA, AUGUSTINE AND REDOUBT WILL GO OFF AT ONCE AND LEVEL US!

I hope not. Actually, we get about 3000 earthquakes a day up here.

[freshwest]

4. In keeping with the Flat Earthers in Congress, NASA is shut down, too.

Really, it's for our own good. If mankind was meant to fly or leave the planet, it'd be in scripture.

All those lights in the sky are decorations. And Jesus rode a dinosaur. Just sayin'