If the Waffle House is open, it’s a good sign. If not, things are pretty bad. A similar phenomenon of using a restaurant to judge a storm’s damage to an area became popular in Texas after ...

A sign on a closed Waffle House on Highway US 19 in anticipation of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday, ... More Oct. 8, 2024, in New Port Richey, Florida. Former Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

For people, the Waffle House Index is more than eggs and pancakes, it’s a slice of normalcy and a comforting sign of hope. The Waffle House Index is considered accurate in part because it isn ...