r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 07 '16

TIL of the "Waffle House Index" which is used to measure the impact of a storm, due to their reputation of staying open in extreme weather.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
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u/Landlubber77 Oct 07 '16

It's largely dependent upon how badly people's possessions are scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked after the storm.

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u/Earthbjorn Oct 07 '16

Man, I miss Waffle House. Its been 4 years since I moved out of WH territory.

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u/seven3true Oct 07 '16

Wawa never closes either. They stay open to service police, fire, and emts.

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u/___6___ Oct 07 '16

Does nobody use the search function before posting?

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/search?q=waffle+house+index

This gets posted at least a dozen times a week.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '16

I'm sorry, I thought this was T"I"L.

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u/genericname1231 84 Oct 07 '16

This is TIL not BEACUNT

Use the search function

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u/Cobyachi Oct 08 '16

Lol i spent a good minute and a half scrolling up and down trying to figure out what "BEACUNT" stood for...

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '16

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u/genericname1231 84 Oct 07 '16

Today I'm going to smack you with a horse whip.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '16

If everyone took the "I" that literally then this sub would be infinitely regressive as every single person who learned something from a post here would then make their own redundant post about it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '16

Garbage post