You know the storm is bad when Waffle House locks its doors. The monster winter storm sweeping the South has forced the famously resilient restaurant chain to close, signaling just how serious the weekend weather will be.
The 24-hour Southern breakfast chain, famous for braving any storm to stay open, finally met its match and shut down locations in South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi on Saturday. According to multiple outlets, the closures were a “Code Red” response to Winter Storm Fern, which is moving across the Midwest and East Coast.
South Carolina issued its first ice storm warning since 2005, leading to widespread Waffle House closures across the state, according to The Post & Courier…