Ominous red and orange skies had Capitol Hill take notice as shutdown loomed

"The sky is burnin’" – Burnin’ Sky by Bad Company, 1977Humans have looked for omens since the days when they wore loin cloths and watched shadows dance on cave walls from a crudely constructed fire.Ancient peoples believed celestial events like an eclipse, a full moon or even a violent storm augur signs of a looming disaster.But let’s face it. Contemporary humans really aren’t that much different from our ancestors.REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: DEMOCRATS' SHUTDOWN GAMBLE REVEALS PARTY DIVISIONS, SCHUMER'S WEAK SPOT WITH THE LEFTThat’s why much of official Washington took note of the dramatic sunset vis