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Help Sep 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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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.
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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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Accuweather says some Waffle Houses closed. Apparently theres a Waffle House Index?
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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!
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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.
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"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]"
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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!

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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!

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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.
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Yep, and the storm passed directly over those flooded areas

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

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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.
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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

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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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