brad hufford is a grant director employed by fema who works in the denver area.ss and, lajuanna l issident of business management associates, a human resourcesha firmcontracts with federal government agencies. thanks for being here. >> thank you. lajuanna, i want to start with you. when the shutdown was over you said you felt nmb. y was that? >> because i don't know what's going to happen next. this is a three-week, like an interim play. so in three weeks, are regoing to be able to go longer? are we going to be back in the same posion? there'no telling really what's going to happen. so what do i tell my employees? >> and you have about 90 employees. >> yes. have they been asking questions? >> they're asking questions. they don't know fifth going to continue, if we're go be without pay again, should we find another job, is our contract still viable, a lot of questions. >> a lot of uncertainty, still. brad, twu have gone o pay periods without eca pay >> that's correct. you consider yourself one of the lucky ones. why is that. >> i do consider mysf lucky. i was able to have an emergency