[ferret_users] potential government shutdown

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello Ferret-users and LAS-users,

As you will have heard in the news, there is a possibility that many 
functions of the US Government will be shut down at midnight tonight.  
If this occurs it will mean that the PMEL web servers will be shut down 
and web addresses will redirect to a page that will give information 
about this shutdown.

During a shutdown, access to web pages that contain documentation, 
downloads and the Users List archives will not be available. Federal 
employees will be on furlough, and cannot work.  Mail messages will NOT 
be lost, but mail sent to noaa.gov email addresses will not be answered 
during the shutdown.  There is a possibility that the list server that 
handles the Ferret and LAS Users lists will remain in operation and if 
so you can continue to post questions and answer others' questions, 
however responses may be irregular and government employees will not be 
posting answers.

We hope that all of this will not occur, but if it does, we will see you 
when we get back!

Ansley