1. No visiting national parks, national monuments and most D.C. museums. This includes the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon and Yosemite National Park, which celebrated its 123rd birthday Tuesday. Those spending camping or spending extended time on national property will be given 48 hours to make alternate arrangements and leave.
2. You might not be able to get a flu shot. According to a memo from the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency will be “unable to support the annual seasonal influenza program” in the absence of appropriations.
3. Although citizens must keep paying taxes during the shutdown, the Internal Revenue Service will suspend all audits and close all taxpayer services, including toll-free help lines.
4. Even though Tuesday — the first day of the government shutdown — was NASA’s 55th birthday, 97 percent of its employees must stay home. The 3 percent still keeping our satellites up and running and the astronauts safe from harm totals 549, according to the Washington Post.
5. No safety and health inspections! Federal occupational inspections are halted except in cases of imminent danger. According to the HHS memo, the FDA will “have to cease safety activities such as routine establishment inspections.”
6. You can’t receive a gun permit. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is unable to review any applications until the shutdown is resolved.
7. No leaving the country — unless your already have a permit or visa. No new applications will be processed until the end of the shutdown. During the 1995 and 1996 shutdowns, roughly 20,000 visa applications from foreigners went unprocessed and 200,000 U.S. applications for passports were not processed.
8. You’ll have trouble fulfilling public records requests. “All FOIA processing at EPA is suspended due to the shutdown of the federal government. We will begin processing your request when normal government operations resume,” wrote the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters.
9. Hope you weren’t relying on that check. Small business and home loans from the government won’t be processed, as well as many veterans’ benefits.
10. You can’t watch the National Zoo’s Panda Cam. Fortunately, Time magazine set up a replacement, kind of. Essential personnel will still take care of the zoo’s animals, though.