In an official public forecast discussion, the Anchorage National Weather Service office  – whose employees are working without knowledge of when they will be paid during the ongoing Federal shutdown -  encoded this secret message: 'Please pay us.' Graphic: Anchorage National Weather Service

By Jason Samenow
4 October 2013 (Washington Post) – In an official public forecast discussion, the Anchorage National Weather Service office  – whose employees are working without knowledge of when they will be paid during the ongoing Federal shutdown –  encoded this secret message: “Please pay us.” The first letter in each of the first 11 lines in the forecast discussion spells out the message, as shown above. [more]

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