[HangnJudge]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

The Waffle House Index is an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the effect of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.

[Celerity]

An informal metric that I’m sure will find it’s way into some sort of republican-damning report to be shotgun blasted out across the entire world to accuse Trump of being a racist.

I remember these “informal metrics” when an article tried to tell us the size of a space station capsule using the phrase “About as large as a Starbucks”

I stopped reading all media after that. It was about as helpful as reading Cracked magazine.

[GOPJ]

The measure is based on the reputation of the restaurant chain Waffle House for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu, after very severe weather events such as tornadoes or hurricanes.

Waffle House, along with other chains (such as Home Depot, Walmart, and Lowe's) which do a significant proportion of their business in the southern US where there is a frequent risk of hurricanes, have good risk management and disaster preparedness. Because of this, and a cut-down menu prepared for times when there is no power or limited supplies, the Waffle House Index rarely reaches the red level.

Thanks - above from your link...