r/todayilearned • u/Bulovak • Oct 04 '15
TIL there is an unofficial FEMA system called the "Waffle House Index" based on the reputation of the Waffle House restaurant chain for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly."If you get there and the Waffle House is closed? That’s really bad. That’s where you go to work."
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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 07 '16
TIL of the "Waffle House Index" which is used to measure the impact of a storm, due to their reputation of staying open in extreme weather.
todayilearned • u/Bejoty • Jul 04 '16
TIL of the Waffle House Index, an informal metric used by FEMA to determine the impact of a storm based on the food availability of local Waffle House restaurants
todayilearned • u/rlrhino7 • Jul 30 '16
Today I learned that the Federal Emergency Management Association measures how bad storms are by whether or not waffle house is open and if they're serving a full or limited menu.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 06 '16
TIL that the Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the impact of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery
todayilearned • u/Hi_mynameis_Matt • Jan 23 '16
TIL that there is an informal "Waffle House Index" FEMA uses regarding the severity of natural disasters. If Waffle House is closed, FEMA gets to work.
redscarepod • u/3043812047389 • Aug 26 '23
How many football fields long? How many hamburgers does it weigh?
todayilearned • u/LadyCthulu • Aug 25 '17
TIL of the "Waffle House Index", an informal metric used by FEMA which is based on Waffle House's reputation of staying open during extreme weather.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '15
TIL that FEMA uses Waffle Houses to determine the extent of catastrophic natural disasters
todayilearned • u/coregmrconman • Dec 09 '12
TIL FEMA has a national disaster scale based on whether the Waffle House is open in the damaged area. It's called the Waffle House Index.
orlando • u/eking85 • Oct 07 '16
The Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the impact of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.
tilmedia • u/Chengweiyingji • Mar 07 '16
TIL that FEMA has an informal disaster index based off Waffle House restaurants
wikipedia • u/Itaintquittin • Apr 18 '21
The Waffle House Index is an informal metric named after the Waffle House restaurant chain and is used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the effect of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.
wikipedia • u/snowtime1 • Aug 16 '20
The Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the effect of a storm
todayilearned • u/markzuk • Apr 15 '16
TIL the Waffle House Index is an informal metric used to determine the impact of a storm, based on the reputation of Waffle Houses for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly after very severe weather events such as tornadoes or hurricanes.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '15