Ate lunch at the nearest Waffle House. Expectations met.
#WaffleHouseIndex

Call For Manuscript Submissions - Real-Time GIS For Disaster Management
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https://www.nature.com/collections/bjdhbfiadi/guest-editors <-- shared link to submission details
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[note that I have NO affiliation with this journal, the guest editors, etc]
[I wonder if anybody from FEMA has compiled use case / effectiveness / robustness on/of the #WaffleHouseIndex in the southern USA, especially related to hurricanes?]
#GIS #paper #mapping #spatial #manuscripts #callforpapers #callformanuscripts #submissions #callforsubmissions #realtime #disaster #management #mitigation #prevention #preparedness #response #recovery #risk #hazard #naturalhazard #naturalhazard #emergency #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #drone #sensor #socialmedia #WaffleHouseIndex #datasets #AI #InternetOfThings #research #monitoring #evacuation #planning #resourceallocation #hazardmapping #realworld #global

Waffle House seems to be a bit legendary with memes and horror stories surrounding it, but it also has a weather index that is even used by government officials.

#wafflehouse #WaffleHouseIndex #weather
#disasters #hurricanes

Waffle House Index helps Southerners and FEMA judge a hurricane's severity | AP News https://apnews.com/article/waffle-house-index-hurricane-milton-e0547ca1fb11ddcadab50035a0da7819?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#WaffleHouseIndex as of 1400 hours 10/10/24 #Milton

Informations is from the Waffle House X account

The 2PM (ET) 10/8/24 #WaffleHouseIndex shows 24 of 29 Tampa area Waffle Houses closed ahead of Hurricane #Milton, and 8 of 15 closed in the Fort Myers area.

Source: Waffle House post on X

When waffle house closes.

If you have folks you know who plan to "hunker down and ride it out" in the Tampa area, show them the list of locations closing for Waffle House. #WaffleHouseIndex #WHIndex #FLwx #Milton #HurricaneMilton #hurricane

Waffle House status about 7 hours ago (10/2/24 1241pm ET) #WaffleHouseIndex #WaffleHouse #Helene #hurricanehelene

Waffle House Status (as of 3 hours ago) -- seems like things in August, GA are worse than I would have imagined (lots of closed Waffle Houses!!) #WaffleHouseIndex #disasters #Helene

My youngest is using Fortnight to assess which of his friends have electricity in their homes after #Helene. It is like the generation alpha waffle house index.

#WaffleHouseIndex
#FortnightIndex
#NaturalDisaster
#ClimateChange

#Whataburger app becomes unlikely #poweroutage map after #HurricaneBeryl passes through Houston
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/09/whataburger-app-becomes-unlikely-power-outage-map-after-houston-hurricane/
#hurricane #hurricanes #WaffleHouse #WaffleHouseIndex

It's a Little Piece of Normal [FEMA Waffle House Index]
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https://www.fema.gov/blog/its-little-piece-normal <-- shared FEMA blog post
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index <-- wiki page
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"... The index has three levels, based on the extent of operations and service at the restaurant following a storm:
• GREEN: full menu – Restaurant has power and damage is minimal or absent.
• YELLOW: limited menu – Power is either absent or delivered by a generator, or food supplies are running low.
• RED: the restaurant is closed – Indicates severe damage or severe flooding; Severe destruction to the restaurant…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #extremeweather #wafflehouse #wafflehouseindex #FEMA #disaster #hurricane #monitoring #appraisal #metric #informal #crowdsourcing #community #disastermanagement #disasterresponse #restuarant
@FEMA @WaffleHouse