Oklahomans grapple with growing shutdown impact as resources start to dry up | PBS NewsHour | Oct. 14, 2013 | PBS

Oklahomans grapple with growing shutdown impact as resources start to dry up | PBS NewsHour | Oct. 14, 2013 | PBS: BOB SANDS, OETA: With an estimated 40,000 people in central Oklahoma who work for the federal government and a growing number of Oklahomans on food stamps or other government-funded programs, just about every one knows somebody who is being affected by the shutdown or is about to be.

The impact extends far beyond government workers now to businesses and nonprofit organizations.