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We have all experienced the frustration of traveling to the post office to discover that it is closed. While theThe American postal service (USPS) works hard To meet the needs to send Americans almost every day, most post offices are closed on Sundays and at various times throughout the year inFederal Holidays Observation. The other days, post officeThe hours can vary considerably depending on where you live. On Wednesdays, some finish at 1 p.m. While others are open until 7 p.m., on Saturday, some are completely closed while others are open for an hour from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. with this spirit, it is best to familiarize yourself with the calendar From your local post office, but even it is not infallible, because unexpected closures still occur. Read the rest to know where the USPS is currently experiencing the disturbances of the messaging service.

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The USPS strives to provide uninterrupted service to the Americans across the country, but it is not always possible. According to the agency, postal facilities operationscan be touched By a number of problems, including weather, natural disasters and special events. But postal service does not keep people in darkness when it happens. Via its website, USPS versionsRegular service alerts So that residential customers can know if the mail is delivered in their neighborhood or their local post office is open.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Alerts and mail service updates are provided ... to inform the post office and the post industrySuspended or embargo In the installation of the post office for any reason whatsoever, including natural disasters such as floods or fires and quarantines, "said the agency in an update of questions frequently posed on July 22 ( FAQ). " Information is updated frequently and updates is carried out in real time. ""

The postal service has just updated its service alert page on August 18 to inform customers ofResidential service disturbances in a domain. According to the agency, the Roscommon post office, Michigan, was "temporarily closed due to security problems". The USPS did not explain what these "security problems" were, but noted that P.O. Box customers will always have access to their mail while "all other operations move" to the post office of Houghton Lake.

Two other post offices still seem to be closed in Michigan as well as previous suspensions this summer: Luther's post office is closed due to damage caused by fires and the Mason post office is closed due to structural damage . At the start in June, local local-affiliated to the NBC reported that the Mason post officeStart to undergo repairs. Post office spokespersonElizabeth Najduch The media said in June that officials did not know how long repairs would take, but it seems that work is not yet finished. "No schedule has yet been established for the resumption of retail services," said Najduch.

It is not only the state of Michigan that deals with post office closings. According to the latest postal service alerts, residents in a dozen states undergo the disturbances of residential services at the moment: Michigan, Illinois, California, Texas, Washington, Kentucky, Tennessee, Dakota from the South, Minnesota, Ohio, Arkansas and Florida.

Next to Michigan, the most recent USPS update was regarding Illinois. On August 11, the agency alerted customers that the Madison post office, Illinois had been "temporarily closed due to air quality problems linked to local fires". In other states, post offices still seem to be closed for problems such as forest fires, floods, structural damage and security problems.

The USPS also updates customers when the service has taken over in post offices that had been temporarily closed. But not all facilities open.Steve Hutkins, a retired English teacher from New York and creator of Savethepostoffice.com, told Spectrum News 1 in 2020 that the temporary suspensions of the post office oftenlead to permanent closures by the USPS. During the decade between 2007 and 2017,1,600 post offices have been temporarily or definitively closed.

"Of the 1,600 abandoned and pending abandoned, nearly 1,000 to 62% - involved an emergency suspension," said Hutkins at the time. "An annual suspension list on compliance has provided information on the cause of the suspension in 534 cases - 252 suspensions (47%) were caused by a problem renewing the lease; 122 (22%) were caused by problems security; 99 (19%) were caused by staff endowment problems; and 64 (12%) were caused by damage to the building. The rental problems were the most controversial. Many communities and Post posts have estimated that the postal service has deliberately created a problem on the rental renewal simply to justify the closure of the post office. The problems of the staff are also problematic because they are generally under the control of the postal service. "