TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - With no timetable of when the Government shutdown will end many federal agencies are limited on what they can do and The National Weather Service is one of those.
But according to Lauren Nash a representative with the National Weather Service Employee Organization in Tallahassee current operations are normal.
"We are still going to be issuing all of our forecast, watches, warnings, advisories. Any of the radars that go down we are going to fix," said Nash.
While the shutdown has not effected the day to day work at the National Weather Service, Leon County Emergency Management director Kevin Peters and Lauren Nash agree it could effect future work.
"With the models, we might be relying on the stats and research that went into the 2018 season, so everything up through 2017. We aren't going to have anything with reanalyses or work done with Florence or even Michael," said Peters.
"This is a time where we go out and we train people. We go train our partners to learn the hurricane products, learn how to understand tornado watches and warnings and we use this time to that. Without that we are really worried we are going to lose some of the trust we have with our partners and the public," said Nash.
With less time for training, Nash hopes employees with the National Weather Service can get back to their normal work flow.
"We really just want to do our job. We want to work with our partners," said Nash.
