{"id":112097,"date":"2024-10-09T09:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112097"},"modified":"2024-10-09T09:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:06:45","slug":"serious-sign-waffle-house-closes-locations-ahead-of-hurricane-milton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112097","title":{"rendered":"Serious sign: Waffle House closes locations ahead of Hurricane Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"play-76cd013ae001598\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/320\/179\/play-76cd013ae001598--35011007229.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/640\/358\/play-76cd013ae001598--35011007229.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/768\/432\/play-76cd013ae001598--35011007229.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/1536\/864\/play-76cd013ae001598--35011007229.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/992\/558\/play-76cd013ae001598--35011007229.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/1984\/1116\/play-76cd013ae001598--35011007229.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/992\/558\/play-76cd013ae001598--35011007229.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Hurricane Milton remains a powerful Category 5 cyclone and is expected to make landfall on Thursday on Florida's Gulf Coast.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Hurricane Milton remains a powerful Category 5 cyclone and is expected to make landfall on Thursday on Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>TAMPA, Fla. \u2013<\/strong> A southern restaurant chain known for its inexpensive breakfast offerings has earned a reputation as a sanctuary during extreme weather. However, sometimes a weather event is simply too much for individual chains to handle, leading them to shut down to keep employees and patrons safe.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">During the run-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> in September, several Waffle House locations in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> Panhandle around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/tallahassee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tallahassee<\/a> were shut down ahead of the hurricane\u2019s arrival, with similar scenes now occurring in west-central Florida ahead of Milton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-hurricane-milton-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Milton promises to be a major hurricane<\/a> when it makes landfall around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa<\/a> metro on Thursday, prompting the shutdown of dozens of locations of the popular restaurant from around New Port Richey southward through Tampa and into the Port Charlotte area.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Our mission remains to keep our associates out of harm&#8217;s way,&#8221; a Waffle House spokesperson told FOX Weather. &#8220;Accordingly, in areas predicted to be hardest hit, we will preemptively close restaurants with the goal of reopening them as soon as it is safe to do so, to serve the communities that have been there for us over the years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/waffle-house-index-evaluating-severe-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHY THE WAFFLE HOUSE INDEX IS IMPORTANT WHEN EVALUATING SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Many of the closed locations are in evacuation zones, where residents have spent the last few days boarding up windows and filling gas tanks before heading generally toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia<\/a> and southeast Florida. Waffle House posted news about the closures to its social media accounts and received thousands of interactions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">One commenter wrote: &#8220;The best part is that Waffle House has ninja teams that, after the emergency is over, will go to the stores with generators, food, equipment, etc., to open them up ASAP.&#8221; While another said: &#8220;The ultimate indicator of whether you should be evacuating or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The restaurant chain is so closely associated with weather that members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency developed the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/waffle-house-index-evaluating-severe-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waffle House Index<\/a>&#8221; as a metric for assessing the severity of weather events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The index highlights the severity of impacts, with a code &#8216;green&#8217; indicating that a restaurant is offering its full menu and has power. Once a code &#8216;yellow&#8217; is reached, a restaurant usually has only a limited menu, and a code &#8216;red&#8217; means that a Waffle House is completely closed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/288\/162\/Fox_Weather_THE_WAFFLE_HOUSE_INDEX_2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/576\/324\/Fox_Weather_THE_WAFFLE_HOUSE_INDEX_2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/720\/405\/Fox_Weather_THE_WAFFLE_HOUSE_INDEX_2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1440\/810\/Fox_Weather_THE_WAFFLE_HOUSE_INDEX_2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/668\/376\/Fox_Weather_THE_WAFFLE_HOUSE_INDEX_2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1336\/752\/Fox_Weather_THE_WAFFLE_HOUSE_INDEX_2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/668\/376\/Fox_Weather_THE_WAFFLE_HOUSE_INDEX_2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Waffle House Index three levels\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The Waffle House Index is an informal metric named after the Waffle House restaurant chain to determine the effect of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-hurricane-milton-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MILLIONS BRACE FOR MILTON\u2019S WRATH AS CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE BARRELS TOWARD FLORIDA AS TIME RUNS OUT TO EVACUATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Georgia Governor Brian Kemp toured Waffle House\u2019s headquarters on Tuesday outside of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/georgia\/atlanta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Kemp said he visited what is called the restaurant\u2019s storm center and thanked the team for their work during both Helene and Milton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Waffle House did not provide any indications of how long its restaurants may be offline but did say that the potential exists for some of its properties to suffer significant damage.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The privately owned company operates more than 1,900 locations across 25 states, stretching from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio<\/a> to the Florida Keys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">The Waffle House Index: During severe weather emergencies, pay close attention to your area Waffle House <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/waffle-house-closes-hurricane-milton-florida-georgia\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Milton remains a powerful Category 5 cyclone and is expected to make landfall on Thursday on Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast. 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