How FEMA Uses The Waffle House Index To Asses Natural Disasters #funfact

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1. Bro I live an hour from Joplin

2. Americans will use anything but the metric system

3. I never knew Waffle House had a better disaster coordination system than the Biden/Harris FEMA.

4. Waffle House is managing disaster relief better than potato Joe and camel

5. Thats what i like about waffle house, they are a community asset in many ways.

   Side note: its actually crazy the fact that this is now a coined term.

6. People are mistaking the Waffle House Index. It's not in preparation for a disaster. It's after the disaster. If AFTER the Waffle House is closed, then things are rough in the area. They will close during the storm, it's house fast they re-open after the storm that you pay attention to

7. So… Sam 'O Nella wasn't just trolling us?

8. "Well, Jimmy, I'm sorry your house got thorn up by the tornado, but you still have a shift to cover"; also this is not proof of the great efficiency and diligence of how Waffle House operates, it's a sign of capitalism being out of control.

9. (._.)

10. I live in joplin!

11. Wow

12. Both Wafflehouses were closed for a few days here after Helene. We were without power for over two weeks. And we weren't even in the towns with bad flooding.

13. Maybe the waffle House crew could take over from FEMA

14. Waffle House is always open, but the occupants may not be alive anymore

15. And yet the workers are still severely underpaid ….

16. Thanks, Prof. O'Nella.

17. Does…. no one realise that this means Waffle House are forcing its employees to potentially put themselves at risk by having to work during a disaster?? The restaurant might be fine, but what about their homes and families?

18. Waffle house should run FEMA.. maybe we would stop throwing billions of dollars to illegal immigrants so we could actually help Americans.

19. We used to also use the waffle houses to tell how the neighborhood was. Waffle house sees the roughest stuff so if they are wary of new people coming in, it's an extra rough place.

20. If the wafle house isn’t open heaven is

21. as a non american, i yearn for the safety of a fast food chain having your back in times of crisis

22. Dropped one of these "s" from the title. 😅

23. Seriously, is this the guy who played Quips from Regular Show?

24. If the waffle house is open and business is usual, you're in the green
    If the waffle house is open but on limited supplies or power, you're in the yellow
    If the waffle house is closed or GONE, you missed your chance to get out. Godspeed

25. Methodology is weird

26. I didn’t know it was used by FEMA I thought it was the Internet joking

27. what…..no fun just fact

28. Ok but food is still mid

29. I thought the Waffle House thing was purely an American meme. The more you know lol

30. im in Indiana and i don't have a waffle house

31. this is actually like really fucked up. you can be in the middle of a natural disaster, possible have family members in danger, but are still required to come into work just because your employers are stubborn

32. So, how are those Waffle House's in Ashville NC? Consider FEMA didn't do anything, I guess they realised the difference between CLOSED and GONE!

33. so:
    green = you're fine
    yellow = you're fine but be careful
    red = run for your life

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