As tropical threats loom, Jimmy Patronis warns that federal flood insurance impacted by shutdown

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis is warning that the ongoing impasse over federal appropriations will have consequences for Floridians who might need to file flood insurance claims via FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program .

And that’s particularly true as two tropical masses threaten to bring wind and rain to the east side of the state.

He argues that Senate Democrats and Leader Chuck Schumer are to blame for not acquiescing to the continuing funding resolution already passed by the House, which requires a simple majority to move spending bills.

“If you look at the National Hurricane Center’s latest map, we’ve got a current tropical disturbance in the Atlantic. It’s about to become, if it hasn’t already become, a cyclone. During the ‘Schumer shutdown,’ NFIP cannot write new