Posted on 10/08/2016 2:36:24 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Hurricane Matthew has been called a 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm in which evacuation is a matter of 'life or death'.
But it was only when Waffle House announced it was closing 25 locations that many Americans decided the storm must be really bad.
The beloved 24-hour restaurant chain is famous for staying open during natural disasters, so much so that even a 'Waffle House Index' was created.
FEMA unofficially uses the index, color-coded much like country's terrorism threat advisory scale, to gauge how severely a place was hit by a natural disaster.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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I have eaten thar plenty pilgrim..lol..prefer somewhere else personally, greasier than bear fat on a fried frog..lol
DANG!
Lol!! Had no idea, but makes sense that they’d be a bellwether! Love it!!
Waffle House saw us thru many trips made of necessity on holidays when all other places were closed. They warmly greeted hungry weary bathroom-desperate families. Now I mostly gaze at them with longing & fond memories.
Thank you, Waffle House :-)
WH is one the great things about the South.
It sure is! Long may they reign, beacons in the night!
Thanks for that link. I did not notice any gun-free sign at our WH; given customer base, I imagine it could well be ignored (no yuppies or metros there!).
It looks like that decision is on a store by store basis — here’s a totally different outcome:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3449039/posts
Well, actually, rereading the article http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3477654/posts
First paragraph: // The chain of late-night hash brown and egg joints has long held a no guns policy but that >> hasnt stopped a Georgia location from being repeatedly robbed at gunpoint. << [irony alert] //
-corporate policy ?? dates from 2012- rarely go there now, did not notice sign.
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