ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — “If you get there and the Waffle House is closed? That’s really bad. That’s where you go to work.”
That’s from no less an expert on weather emergencies than Craig Fugate, who as administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) popularized the Waffle House index during his tenure.
The Waffle House index is an informal indicator created by FEMA to assess disaster damage and recovery in areas affected by bad weather events such as hurricanes and winter storms…