This seems lifted from The Onion but it ’s not . According to the WSJ , FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate employ a ‘ Waffle House Index ’ to assist him determine how destructive a hurricane has been to an area . If a Waffle House is closed , you ’re belike screwed .
Specifically , in Fugate ’s rendering :
Green means the restaurant is serve well a full menu , a signaling that legal injury in an area is limited and the visible light are on . Yellow means a limited bill of fare , signal king from a generator , at best , and humble food supplies . Red means the restaurant is closed , a sign of severe harm in the domain or dangerous condition .
This is real living , people ! If the Waffle House is unsympathetic get the hell out of Dodge . Or as Fugate place it , “ If you get there and the Waffle House is closed ? That ’s really bad . That ’s where you go to work . ” ( FEMA has to save life sentence and stuff ) . In fact , the Waffle House has a “ hurricane playbook ” that details how to re - open a eating place and what to dish out give the equipment they have .
The Waffle House prides itself on being able to stick subject through any sort of natural disaster . Even after a Waffle House miss power durring Hurricane Irene , the eating house kept serving food until “ it got too sorry for the grillroom James Cook to see when the food was wangle ” . That Waffle House re - start the next morning with no power , just a flatulence grille to boil water for coffee and cook solid food for frequenter . The Waffle House cares , I have a go at it it . [ WSJviaKottke , Image Credit : Western Arab ]
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