Waffle House Index – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the impact of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery. The measure is based on the reputation of the Waffle House restaurant chain for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu, after very severe weather events such as tornados or hurricanes.
Why not just completely disband FEMA and move that budget to Waffle House…free daily breakfast for everyone!