![]() Key quote: "If you get there and the Waffle House is closed?" FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate has said. Term first coined by FEMA Administrator Fugate in May, 2011, following Joplin tornado – two Waffle House restaurants remained open after EF5 tornado struck the city on May 22. "FEMA really does have a 'Waffle House Index' for hurricanes – and they're not too happy about it". ^ "What the Waffle House Can Teach About Managing Supply Chain Risk"."How Waffle House Uses Twitter to Help Recovery Efforts". Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. "How to Measure a Storm's Fury One Breakfast at a Time". ^ a b c d e (subscription required) Bauerlein, Valerie (September 1, 2011)."Here's what FEMA told us about the Waffle House Index". ^ Wolff-Mann, Ethan (October 7, 2016)."How Firm Responses to Natural Disasters Strengthen Community Resilience: A Stakeholder-Based Perspective". ^ McKnight, Brent Linnenluecke, Martina K."The 'Waffle House index': Hurricane Matthew is so scary even the always-open eatery is evacuating". "What Do Waffles Have to Do with Risk Management?". "Landfall, Storm Surge and the Waffle House Index: Hurricane Terms and What They Mean". ^ Zraick, Karen Caron, Christina (September 13, 2018)."How FEMA uses Waffle Houses in disasters". ^ a b Rossman, Sean (September 7, 2017).The success of the private sector in preparing for and weathering disasters is essential to a community’s ability to recover in the long run. The sooner restaurants, grocery and corner stores, or banks can re-open, the sooner local economies will start generating revenue again – signaling a stronger recovery for that community. ![]() ĭan Stoneking, FEMA director of external affairs, wrote in a FEMA blog post: Īs Craig often says, the Waffle House test doesn’t just tell us how quickly a business might rebound – it also tells us how the larger community is faring. The "Waffle House Index" sits alongside more formal measures of wind, rainfall, and other weather information, such as the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, which are used to indicate the intensity of a storm. Because of this, and the fact that a cut-down menu is prepared for times when there is no power or limited supplies, the Waffle House Index rarely reaches the red level. 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. ![]() The chain's disaster preparedness measures include assembling and training "Waffle House jump teams" to facilitate fast reopening after disasters. 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. The term was coined by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in May 2011, following the 2011 Joplin tornado, during which the two Waffle House restaurants in Joplin remained open.
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