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. During the ‘Schumer shutdown,’ NFIP cannot write new policies or renew existing ones,” Patronis told reporters on Friday. For starters, Floridians can’t get flood insurance policies ahead of the storm’s potential impacts due to the shutdown. The Sunshine State accounts for 20% of all NFIP policies.