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When disaster strikes, FEMA turns to ... Waffle House
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| 5/2/12
| Garrett Tenney
Posted on 05/02/2012 11:46:05 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Waffle House serves hungry customers bacon, eggs and hash browns, but when disaster strikes, the iconic chain serves up valuable intel to the government.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed an unofficial, color-coded "Waffle House Index" to help make assessments before sending response teams to areas hit by such natural disasters as tornadoes, floods or hurricanes.
When business like that are closed, thats a good indication that resources are probably going to be needed for the survivors there in that area, explained Will Booher of Floridas Division of Emergency Management.
After a disaster, officials call a restaurant in the affected area, and ask what's on the menu. If the restaurant is serving everything, it means there is water and electricity and that the index is green. If the menu has been scaled back, the index is yellow, which means there's water but no power.
In the rare event a Waffle House is completely shut down, the index is red and that usually means there's big trouble.
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Thanks to Stoat for the article!
To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
"If you get there and the Waffle House is closed, or in the case of Mississippi on the coast, it's a slab, that's red," Fugate said.You know it's bad when the restaurant is scattered, smothered, and covered!
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posted on
05/02/2012 11:49:00 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
No surprise. Bert’s Chili is older than all of us.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:20:20 AM PDT
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
To: Slings and Arrows
I’ve actually been to an area where, not only was Waffle House closed, but so was the Cracker Barrel!
Cracker Barrel because of a main water break, and Waffle House because of the Ole Miss/Alabama game. It was slammed!
;o)
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:20:49 AM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(This hobbit is looking for her pitchfork...God help the GOP if I find it.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I used to love to go to the Waffle House near campus when I was in college. Especially when I was pulling an all-nighter. Where else could I get a cup of hot tea and an order of fried cheese sticks at 3 am?
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:23:59 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(A Repo man is *always* intense!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Waffle House?
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:25:38 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Slings and Arrows; Salamander; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ...
I’m sure that FEMA does this syrup titiously.
Thanks Slings and Arrows.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:29:23 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Slings and Arrows
These two look like *big trouble* to me. :)
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:30:16 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Waffle House mobile command center. Dunno if Fox is lazy or such, but almost the same exact story was reported last year.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:34:03 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul sounds like an Islamic terrorist)
To: dixiechick2000
Truly we live in an age of wonders.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:36:42 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: DemforBush
Midnight pork chops...good times.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:38:04 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Daffynition
One of them even looks like a girl.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:39:49 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Theoria
If they run it next year I’ll probably post it again.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:40:27 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Oh, yeah! Chops are best at midnight! So are breaded veal cutlets, but I don’t think that is on their menu.
Too bad Brownie isn’t at FEMA anymore. Given the chance, he might have tried to make amends for Katrina* by funding Denny’s Grand Slam trucks.
*Not Bush’s fault. lol
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:45:40 AM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(This hobbit is looking for her pitchfork...God help the GOP if I find it.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Yep.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:46:15 AM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
To: PA Engineer
Oolong RIP. He shall live forever on FR.
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posted on
05/03/2012 12:51:37 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Ahah! So FEMA has decided that the Waffle House restaurants will be the concentration camps! It’s a conspiracy, I tell ya!
;-)
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posted on
05/03/2012 1:22:38 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
To: familyop
I can’t believe it took 17 posts to get to that. ;^)
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posted on
05/03/2012 1:56:07 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
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posted on
05/03/2012 1:57:37 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/03/2012 4:36:28 AM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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