From eenews: How FEMA and NWS Would Weather a Government Shutdown.

“Federal disaster operations and weather forecasting would likely continue even if the government shuts down this week.

Roughly 85 percent of 25,000 federal disaster employees are exempt from furloughs, according to a Sept. 19 memo from the Department of Homeland Security. And the National Weather Service told POLITICO’s E&E News that it would continue to issue warnings and watches even if Congress does not approve spending legislation by the end of the fiscal year at midnight Tuesday.”