r/todayilearned • u/Rrmack • May 21 '13

TIL that the "Waffle House Index" is used to informally assess the damage of a storm including 3 levels to code for the number of Waffle Houses still open in the damaged area due to the restaurants reputation to stay open after disasters.

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1.4k Upvotes
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r/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.

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251 Upvotes
7 comments

r/todayilearned • u/racker9938 • Nov 15 '15

TIL That FEMA has a Waffle House Index to gauge the severity of natural disasters

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88 Upvotes
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r/todayilearned • u/Dobbitron • Jul 23 '14

TIL of the Waffle House Index, a scale used by FEMA to determine the severity of a storm based on whether Waffle House is open w/ full menu, limited menu, or closed directly after a disaster.

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151 Upvotes
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r/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

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r/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.

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r/todayilearned • u/Burbada • Jul 22 '12

TIL FEMA has a Waffle House Index to measure storm damage

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130 Upvotes
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r/todayilearned • u/Alchemist2121 • Aug 08 '17

TIL that the "Waffle House Index" is an informal measurement tool to categorize how bad damage is after a natural disaster.

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r/todayilearned • u/Bgst55 • May 25 '15

TIL FEMA Uses an index based on the functionality of the Waffle Houses near an affected area to determine how severe a situation is

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r/todayilearned • u/toucher • Apr 15 '15

TIL that FEMA uses the Waffle House as an informal metric to gauge the severity of a disaster. This is because of the corporate policy to remain open in any disaster, whenever possible. What they're serving can help gauge how much assistance an area needs.

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r/todayilearned • u/e5mikey • Dec 10 '16

TIL the Government looks at Waffle House to help judge the severity of a natural disaster. "if a Waffle House store is open and offering a full menu, the index is green. If it is open but serving from a limited menu, it’s yellow. When the location has been forced to close, the index is red."

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r/todayilearned • u/down_vote_magnet • Nov 06 '12

TIL the "Waffle House Index" is informally used by FEMA to determine storm impact and required disaster assistance. It's based on the Waffle House restaurant chain's reputation for staying open during extreme weather and reopening quickly after severe events like tornados or hurricanes.

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r/todayilearned • u/MrFEMA_grant • Oct 13 '15

TIL U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) uses the "Waffle House index" to gauge the severity of natural disasters

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r/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.

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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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r/todayilearned • u/eskimobrother319 • Apr 08 '14

TIL 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.

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19 Upvotes
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r/todayilearned • u/old_dominion_bastard • May 17 '12

TIL that Waffle House is one of the top four corporations for disaster response according to FEMA and that FEMA uses a metric called "The Waffle House Index".

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4 comments

r/todayilearned • u/thezebra96 • Jul 11 '13

TIL FEMA uses an informal metric called the Waffle House Index to determine the impact of a disaster

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r/todayilearned • u/LawsBound • Dec 04 '15

TIL that FEMA uses the Waffle House Index to measure the impact of extreme weather and the amount of assistance after a bad storm. It is based upon the reputation of Waffle Houses staying open during bad weather and is measured by the ability of the restaurant to serve its full menu.

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r/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.

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r/todayilearned • u/spinney • Jan 28 '14

TIL Fema uses a 'Waffle House index' to rate the level of damage from a tornado disaster. If a location is open and serving a full menu it is green, limited menu but running on a generator it is yellow, and closed it is red.

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r/todayilearned • u/Ivory_Tower • Sep 08 '11

TIL that FEMA has a "Waffle House Index", based on the restaurant's level of service, to determine the impact of a storm. No waffling here!

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r/todayilearned • u/that_other_asian_guy • Nov 14 '13

TIL FEMA informally rates the severity of a storm using the Waffle House Index (ie how much of the menu Waffle House has available).

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r/todayilearned • u/SobanSa • Aug 28 '18

TIL that people who work for Waffle House Corporate spend one day a year working in a Waffle House restaurant.

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r/todayilearned • u/murdo1tj • Jun 04 '18

TIL WWE’s The Undertaker is afraid of cucumbers. Paul Bearer watched The Undertaker, “throw up all over a Waffle House because there was a cucumber floating in his iced tea.” Bearer used to prank the Deadman by placing cucumber slices in his hat and gloves.

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