Jenny Bristol
Jack Daniel (often offline)This image is absolutely terrifying. Be safe y'all. GTFO if you are in the path.
Simple Nomad
NicAnnCop@simplenomad @jack_daniel usually don't see 'em shuttered
DJ Sundog@jack_daniel I have to assume this photo was taken by the last waffle house employee to finish boarding it up right before rolling up the town behind them, everyone else in the area having evacuated previously. definitely the last one out sort.
Chris Petrilli@jack_daniel this is the part of the movie where the main character’s only response is: “well, fuck”
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺@jack_daniel Waffle house would be a great name for the Trump campaign headquarters though.
Harrison Totty@jack_daniel Not sure if many people know about it, but the Waffle House Index is a real thing:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
Andrew Zonenberg@HarrisonTotty @jack_daniel The wiki page is missing the unofficial fourth level "black: restaurant not present".
Indicating the restaurant is completely underwater, the building has collapsed, or it is otherwise not recognizable as a Waffle House anymore.
Alexia Gaudeul@HarrisonTotty @jack_daniel ah, now I get it!
FreediverX
Eva Chanda@jack_daniel
Why are the signs still lit up??
Why are the signs still lit up??
me_valentijnSo passersby can peruse the Waffle House Index for themselves, of course, and realize that it's time to run away screaming 😐
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
@jack_daniel @jhankins A Waffle House closing is a sign of the apocalypse!!
Bill
child of baphomet@jack_daniel For non-Americans:
The WHI (Waffle House Index) is a very real thing that the National Weather Service uses to determine how severe a storm is.
Waffle House is almost always open. Seeing one boarded up is pretty damn serious.
Grant_H@shram86 @jack_daniel From the southern tip of Africa, thanks for the explanation.
And strength. Or speed. I'm not sure which you need more.
And strength. Or speed. I'm not sure which you need more.
kaffandoSo, in many disastrous situations, the Waffle House doesn't GAF about their employees, as long as business keeps going. Is that right?
Clinton@kaffando That is correct. I spent my 24 of my first 27 years in coastal Georgia, seeing many hurricanes and tropical storms, including one that had a van roll across our yard like a tumbleweed, and never saw a Waffle House close.
@kaffando @jack_daniel And they pay minimum wage
The Doctor
McDyer@jack_daniel
That's not good.
That's not good.
Legion@jack_daniel goddamn
Crowjane@Crowjane We're not in the direct path, I'm in coastal Georgia, so no evac orders, or even suggestions.
Sepia Fan@jack_daniel
The windows get protected when a storm is approaching, but the sidewalks are protected at all times.
Do I get this right?
synlogic@jack_daniel you'd think a house made of waffles would be able to withstand any storm surge due to its massive water absorption ability. being waffles
Janis@jack_daniel And vote for climate change action if you can.
Yes, yes we can make a difference.
Obsolete@jack_daniel
Maybe Denny’s is open? 🤷
Maybe Denny’s is open? 🤷
Pxl Phile@jack_daniel even as a European I learned that waffle houses are the epicenter of
1. Surprise brawls
2. Never-close-iness
Be safe then. Or better: let the WH employees fight the storm. They'll probably win.
Fi 🏳️⚧️I've never even been to a waffle house and that picture gives me an urge to run for high ground.
Russell Davis
Atapi.EXE@jack_daniel @mos_8502 OH JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
@sterophonick @mos_8502 This is correct, not an overreaction.
Crystal_Fish_Caves@jack_daniel I just heard a report of a local sheriff advising those who remained to take a sharpie and write their names on their bodies for easier identification.
Wow someone said, "...and hold the sugar coating" apparently. Chilling.
@Crystal_Fish_Caves That's no BS, make it easy to ID and notify next of kin. Staying means making things worse for first responders and emergency crews. Finding non-survivors when you're just trying to clean up or restore power has to be horrible, and it delays those efforts.
Lord Kusuriya 
@jack_daniel ohh hell man, good luck, god speed, get to safety instead of taking pictures! There is only one step lower and that is the waffle house is gone.
@kusuriya I'm safe, thanks, just on the edge of it, that was posted elsewhere. Getting reports of folks not taking this thing seriously, so wanted to put the fear of waffles into people.
George Baily@jack_daniel every vc funded startup in wind down
This Account Kills Fascists@jack_daniel Oh god... that's NOT good.
cowboybanjobiker 🤠🪕🚴It is terrifying! There's still people in there!!
CaptMorgan@jack_daniel It is a terrible day indeed when even a maker of waffles must barricade themselves from the wrath of Gaea
lonely extrovert@jack_daniel waffle house closed?! that is an ominous portent indeed.
Gnorzaps@jack_daniel Whoa. That's the panic signal.
WarmasterPalakThe Waffle House Rule, y'all. If the Waffle House ain't closin', you ain't evacuating. If the Waffle House closes, get the f**k clear.
@jack_daniel without context, I first wondered what made this building so uniquely terrifying... I mean, it is just standard ugly, with some added ugliness, but nothing special by current standards.
botvolution@jack_daniel
"an informal but useful metric"
"an informal but useful metric"