government shutdown impact

[illabelle]

I was at Fontana on vacation during the last shutdown. All trails were closed including the AT. Hikers had to shuttle from Standing Bear/I40 to Fontana Village. Only car travel along US 441 was permitted. No entry signs and barriers were setup at the major trailheads.


I remember a couple stories of hikers entering the park but were quickly caught and ticketed by the Park's skeleton crew.

Gotta wonder, if you called the number on that sign during the shutdown, would the phone make a sound if there was no one there to hear it ring?

[TNhiker]

Gotta wonder, if you called the number on that sign during the shutdown, would the phone make a sound if there was no one there to hear it ring?

i think thats the park's dispatch number.........

[illabelle]

i think thats the park's dispatch number.........

It is. Just saying that if non-essential employees are sent home, it wouldn't make much sense to call a number that rings up a non-essential employee's office.

[TNhiker]

A dispatcher is considered essential, I think...

[Alligator]

There's usually one person stuck in the building...I know somebody who was really bored last time around. She'd a jumped on that phone from five offices down just to hear a human voice LOL.