This story has been updated.

The ongoing government shutdown is the longest in American history. And problems caused by the shutdown outside of D.C. are mounting.

The clearest problem is that approximately 800,000 federal employees are either on furlough or working without pay. For about one third of federal workers, Friday, Jan. 11, would have been the first missed payday (and the rest missed their paychecks the followed week). Instead, their money is on hold indefinitely while President Trump and Congressional Democrats continue feuding over border wall funding.

Although furloughed workers are bearing the brunt of it, everyday Americans are also feeling the effects.

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The lack of paychecks is not the only major ramification from the shutdown. Here are some of the biggest ones that various parts of the country — as opposed to the dysfunctional government itself — are experiencing:

North Carolina cuts back on school lunch menus

In Vance County, N.C., school menus will change beginning next week. According to WAFB9, “the school system announced that it is moving to minimum meals consisting of two vegetables, bread, fruit, and milk.” There won’t be any more fresh produce for middle and high school students, and elementary school students will only receive it twice a week.

This is a county where 90% of students qualify for free or reduced meals. For free lunch programs, the USDA generally reimburses schools for providing meals to students. With the shutdown, funding will only last so long.

Federal workers bearing the brunt

Federal employees missed their first paychecks as a result of the shutdown, but the ramifications don’t stop there. If the shutdown persists, their second paychecks will be missed on Jan. 25.

Angela Tucker, a corrections officer at a federal prison, explained her health problems to the New York Times. “I’m on a lot of medications, because I’m a year out from being a breast cancer survivor, so I have to make the decision — do I refill all of my medications even before I need them, because I might not have the money later, or do I pay for the child care?” Tucker said. “Or do I buy food?”

In Wisconsin, Mallory Lorge, an employee for the Department of Interior, is rationing her insulin. After being faced with both high medical bills and the government shutdown, she and her husband are struggling to make ends meet until paychecks resume.

Lorge told NBC News that she ignored her high blood sugar last week and just went to bed. “When it gets that high you can go into diabetic ketoacidosis, you can go into a coma,” she said. “I can’t afford to go to the ER. I can’t afford anything. I just went to bed and hoped I’d wake up.”

She described the lack of pay as “like being held hostage. … That the government has put us in this position is like a punch in the gut.”

Travelers delayed

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