Govt. Shutdown

[Blue_Runner]

I'm trying to figure out if Linville falls national forest in NC is still open. Would like to take the family camping there soon. The folks at Cape Hatteras National seashore are still trying to figure out what it means. I don't believe they can access the beach via ORV, still unclear on pedestrian access.

Other than that who knows.

[spareparts]

if its National, its closed. Local shooting ranges in the Francis Marion are closed

[RidgeRunner]

Irony, "We the people" paid for the Parks, upkeep, etc. but the Govt. closure prevents us from using what we already bought and paid for thousands of times over.... I guess if it stays closed long enough those in charge of keeping the people out will give up and we will be able to use the lands for recreational purposes again.. Then because people are (in general) a bunch of slobs with little or no respect for the property of others, it will take no time to trash the place up and ruin the infrastructure beyond repair. Thinking of what happened at the Superdome in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

I don't think we have much down here that is run by the Feds.
I just heard someone say Fort Desoto Monument? I have been to Ft. Desoto Park, the whole damn park is Federally controlled? Pay to use the Bayway, Pay to get in the gate pay to use the ramp or park, or camp. Automated machine is/was there to take your money for the boat ramp and parking. We can certainly do without all that BS.
Too many FREE places to go... I say now is the time to cut it all back to the bare essentials like it was in the beginning.

[smokeonthewater]

While we're at it let's start deporting people for things like vandalism and theft and MAYBE we won't NEED so much government

[jasoncooperpcola]

I can't get my kayak into Fort Pickens for a straight shot offshore to my snapper hole. I have an annual pass too.

[RidgeRunner]

Interesting to what extent (as a percentage) our government is deemed non-essential. EPA 93% , 97% of NASA. What a waste of resources to have it all shut down. Progress is a perishable item in my book. Why is the solution always revolve around: "Leverage the working man!"? Neither the Dems nor Repubs give a rats patooty about the working class. (public or private sector jobs don't mean anything to a fat cat in Congress or on Wall Street, they would sooner leave us to twist in the wind)
Meanwhile, the stock market is booming..I gotta ask, WHY? The economy is not only sluggish it can't get out of its own way. Growth at a half a percent. Major cities like Detroit failing. Manufacturing at an all time low. Why is Wall Street so profitable right now? Do they get a healthy cut of Obamacare dollars or what? The dollar is so anemic and weak, the strength of the market at 15,000 is like 9,000 of days gone by.. We have superinflation and noone is talking about it.

[Pipe_Dream]

Someone forgot to shutter this site...

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineVie...werTable.shtml