Sumter resident, meteorologist says government shutdown has been painful for National Weather Service staff

Federal agency workers in Columbia still doing essential services unpaid

BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
Posted 1/25/19

He describes it as being "caught in the middle," unfortunate, unfair and stressful to continue to work without pay, but he considers himself luckier than many of his younger co-workers.

Sumter resident Doug Anderson, a meteorologist with the …

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