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https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/florida-gov-desantis-helps-waffle-house-employees-cook-for-first-responders/
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put on the gloves and picked up a
spatula at a Sarasota-area Waffle House on Thursday to help
cook for first responders after Hurricane Milton left a path
of destruction across the Tampa Bay area.
“We just helped a little bit with the hashbrown operations,”
DeSantis said. “They’re limited menu. Although, to see Waffle
House open, you know that we’re getting back up on our feet.”
Known as the Waffle House Index, what might sound like silly
logic has become one of the most reliable ways for Southerners
to gauge a storm’s severity and identify communities most in
need of immediate aid. If the Georgia-based restaurant chain
stays open in town, neighbors are reassured that a storm is
unlikely to cause devastation. A closed location of the
dependable diner chain has come to indicate disaster.
. . .
Odd but true - the "WHI" really is a good indicator
of the present extent of civilization. If yer local
WH closes - RUN !
Anyway, good politics for the Gov to sling hash
for a little while. Shows he's not too stuck up
or high and mighty. Can you see Dr. Jill doing
that hmm ? :-)
WH almost exclusively uses gas for cooking and
generators and all. As such they are not very
dependent on the local electric grid. Only
lethal weather or totally blocked roads can
force them to close. When they re-open it means
recovery is underway. For southern states they
are the canary in the mine.
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