The Waffle House Index is something that FEMA uses as a gauge of how bad conditions are following a major disaster like a hurricane.
ATLANTA — In the South, one thing that can always be counted on, no matter how bad it gets outside, is Waffle House. But what happens when conditions are so bad that Waffle House has to close?
Waffle House has been a part of life in the South since its founding in suburban Atlanta in early September 1955.
The diner-style restaurant quickly spread across much of the southern United States, and is noted for always being open, with more than 2,100 locations, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner at all times of the day and night.
The reliability of Waffle House in a given area is such that the Federal Emergency Management Agency even uses local Waffle House locations as a barometer regarding the toll that Mother Nature has taken on an area following a natural disaster like a hurricane or tornado.
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