Ate lunch at the nearest Waffle House. Expectations met.
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Waffle House seems to be a bit legendary with memes and horror stories surrounding it, but it also has a weather index that is even used by government officials.
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Waffle House Index helps Southerners and FEMA judge a hurricane's severity | AP News https://apnews.com/article/waffle-house-index-hurricane-milton-e0547ca1fb11ddcadab50035a0da7819?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
Waffle House Index helps Southerners and FEMA judge a hurricane's severity
For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane's severity can be found at the local Waffle House. If the Georgia-based restaurant chain stays open in town, neighbors are reassured that the coming storm is unlikely to cause devastation. A closed location of the dependable diner chain has come to indicate impending disaster. What might sound like silly logic has become one of the most reliable ways for Southerners and even federal officials to gauge a storm’s severity and identify communities most in need of immediate aid. The Waffle House Index was created by a federal emergency management official and is still used today.
#WaffleHouseIndex as of 1400 hours 10/10/24 #Milton
Informations is from the Waffle House X account
The 2PM (ET) 10/8/24 #WaffleHouseIndex shows 24 of 29 Tampa area Waffle Houses closed ahead of Hurricane #Milton, and 8 of 15 closed in the Fort Myers area.
Source: Waffle House post on X
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@maj Wikipedia article: Waffle House Index
#WaffleHouseIndex #whindexInformal metric to rate disaster severity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index 
Waffle House Index - Wikipedia
If you have folks you know who plan to "hunker down and ride it out" in the Tampa area, show them the list of locations closing for Waffle House.
#WaffleHouseIndex #WHIndex #FLwx #Milton #HurricaneMilton #hurricaneWaffle House status about 7 hours ago (10/2/24 1241pm ET)
#WaffleHouseIndex #WaffleHouse #Helene #hurricaneheleneWaffle House Status (as of 3 hours ago) -- seems like things in August, GA are worse than I would have imagined (lots of closed Waffle Houses!!)
#WaffleHouseIndex #disasters #Helene
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