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lizardlady · Sep 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mar dhea

Wondering if you're ok today. You out of the way of the worst of storm weather?

My area looks like we are going to get some wind and rain. Numbers they are throwing around sound like what we get for summer thunderstorms. The poor panhandle is going to get hammered again though.

My concession to hurricane prep was to take down my bird feeders and set my orchids in hanging baskets on the ground.

mar dhea · Sep 26, 2024 at 05:21 PM

Glad for that and happy to see this post. Was hearing some alarming things on the news about severity and wanted to make sure you weren't somehow stuck in a bad place.

unaluna · Sep 26, 2024 at 08:16 PM

Accuweather says some Waffle Houses closed. Apparently theres a Waffle House Index?

mar dhea · Sep 26, 2024 at 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Accuweather says some Waffle Houses closed. Apparently theres a Waffle House Index?

Mountaindewed mentioned Waffle House in a post earlier. Figured it was just a joke. Turns out it's a thing. I take it you saw the Wiki entry U? I had to go Google Waffle House Index. Still chuckling.

"The Waffle House Index is a metric named after the ubiquitous Southern US restaurant chain Waffle House known for its 24-hour, 365-day service. Since this restaurant always remains open, it has given rise to an informal but useful metric to determine the severity of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.[1][2] It was coined by former administrator Craig Fugate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).[3] The metric is unofficially[1][4] used by FEMA to inform disaster response.[5][6]"

I like folk culture oddities like this. I'm still curious so now I have to go read up on the chain. Maybe check out their menu!

lizardlady · Sep 27, 2024 at 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by mar dhea

Glad for that and happy to see this post. Was hearing some alarming things on the news about severity and wanted to make sure you weren't somehow stuck in a bad place.

I'm okay. My area got a lot of flooding from storm surge, but I am a good distance from the coast. Add to that my property is on a ridge. I joke that if my place floods the entire state will be under water.

SquarePegGuy · Sep 28, 2024 at 10:00 PM

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-snip-
"The Waffle House Index is a metric named after the ubiquitous Southern US restaurant chain Waffle House known for its 24-hour, 365-day service. Since this restaurant always remains open, it has given rise to an informal but useful metric to determine the severity of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.[1][2] It was coined by former administrator Craig Fugate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).[3] The metric is unofficially[1][4] used by FEMA to inform disaster response.[5][6]"
-snip-

So suppose the Waffle House closes a branch due to something like a broken water main or HVAC, and it just happens to be in the path of a storm. So FEMA takes note and increases the threat level as a result. So then Waffle House says, "Gee Whiz, FEMA is saying it's a worse storm, so maybe we should close some locations." Then FEMA increases threat level yet again. And so on and so on. Eventually the entire country may be bracing for a storm that packs the punch of an atomic bomb!

SquarePegGuy · Sep 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lizardlady

I'm okay. My area got a lot of flooding from storm surge, but I am a good distance from the coast. Add to that my property is on a ridge. I joke that if my place floods the entire state will be under water.

Tennessee is far from the coast, but it got a huge flooding problem. Anyway, glad you're okay!

lizardlady · Sep 29, 2024 at 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SquarePegGuy

Tennessee is far from the coast, but it got a huge flooding problem. Anyway, glad you're okay!

Flooding in Florida was primarily due to storm surge. Flooding in other states is from rainfall.

SquarePegGuy · Sep 29, 2024 at 10:18 AM

Yep, and the storm passed directly over those flooded areas

mar dhea · Sep 30, 2024 at 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SquarePegGuy

So suppose the Waffle House closes a branch due to something like a broken water main or HVAC, and it just happens to be in the path of a storm. So FEMA takes note and increases the threat level as a result. So then Waffle House says, "Gee Whiz, FEMA is saying it's a worse storm, so maybe we should close some locations." Then FEMA increases threat level yet again. And so on and so on. Eventually the entire country may be bracing for a storm that packs the punch of an atomic bomb!

A surreal comedy skit!

eskielover · Oct 01, 2024 at 07:41 AM

Flooding in some of those inland areas was because of dam failures also

lizardlady · Oct 01, 2024 at 08:19 AM

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Flooding in some of those inland areas was because of dam failures also

Good point Eskie. I saw some video from NC and GA last night. Oh my gawd! Entire towns wiped out. Breaks my heart.

eskielover · Oct 01, 2024 at 03:53 PM

The flooding & the power in it is scary to just wash away bridges & houses & whole towns.

Our Ky River flooded a few years ago. I walked down to see just how bad it was as it was only a few feet below the road when flooded. It was devistating but nothing like if a dam had failed

mar dhea · Oct 01, 2024 at 11:49 PM

I saw video of the wider damage for the first time this evening. People and communities do recover from this stuff but man...when viewing the immediate aftermath it's hard to see how. It takes a while but it gets done. You can still see wreckage from Katrina on Google streetview. Heartening are the before and after photos from Japan's tidal wave of 2011. Recovery will come.

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mar dhea Grand Magnate Member Since Sep 2022 Location: na Posts: 3,060 (SuperPoster!) 2 1,098 hugs given	Sep 26, 2024 at 05:21 PM #22 Glad for that and happy to see this post. Was hearing some alarming things on the news about severity and wanted to make sure you weren't somehow stuck in a bad place.
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,873 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.6k hugs given	Sep 26, 2024 at 08:16 PM #23 Accuweather says some Waffle Houses closed. Apparently theres a Waffle House Index?
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SquarePegGuy Grand Member Member Since Mar 2020 Location: Northeastern USA Posts: 795 4 127 hugs given	Sep 29, 2024 at 10:18 AM #29 Yep, and the storm passed directly over those flooded areas __________________ Major Depressive Disorder; Sleep Apnea; possibly on the spectrum Nuvigil 50mg; Effexor 37.5mg Wellbutrin 100mg; meds for blood pressure & cholesterol
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eskielover Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2004 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 24,929 (SuperPoster!) 20 14.9k hugs given	Oct 01, 2024 at 07:41 AM #31 Flooding in some of those inland areas was because of dam failures also __________________ Leo's favorite place was in the passenger seat of my truck. We went everywhere together like this. Leo my soulmate will live in my heart FOREVER Nov 1, 2002 - Dec 16, 2018
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