The Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale has nothing on the Waffle House
Index. Beloved Southern breakfast mainstay Waffle House announced it will close dozens of Florida locations in Hurricane Milton’s path in an unorthodox — yet surprisingly accurate — indicator of the storm’s expected severity known as the “Waffle House Index.”
“Our #whindex status maps reflect our closures as of 2pm today in advance of #HurricaneMilton. More updates to come. Please stay safe,” the chain wrote in a post on its official X account alongside maps showing closed locations in Tampa and Fort Myers represented by red dots.
The restaurant has a reputation for staying open — albeit sometimes with limited menu offerings — no matter what Mother Nature cooks up. Even in rare instances where its restaurants do close, such as during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the eateries endeavor to quickly re-open to give hungry patrons in storm zones a taste of normalcy — with a side of waffles and grits. The restaurants are so reliably open that the iconic illuminated black-and-yellow signs signal to passing motorists that a forecasted storm may not be as worrisome as predicted.
- Courtesy of the New York Post
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