Tag: waffle house

There’s a bunch of stuff in here (via Glenn Reynolds).  Short version: Waffle Houses reopen so quickly after major storms, and stay open, because of a comprehensive, refined disaster strategy that uses ‘jump teams’ made up of employees from outside the affected areas coming in and operating the stores while local employees regroup (Waffle House also provides emergency disaster relief directly to its own employees).  If you’ve been slogging through sullenly smug, faux outrage about those poor Waffle House employees being forced to work*, this story is a fairly useful corrective.

It also answers the question that you’ve probably been asking: Continue reading Some interesting stuff on the Waffle House emergency response teams.

…civilization will re-coalesce around three groups, probably:

1. The military.  Guns.  Ammo (people always forget that).  Supplies. Organization. Bases.
2. The Mormons. Tight-knit.  Community-oriented.  Supposed to keep two years’ worth of emergency supplies with them at all times.
3. …Waffle House.

(pause) Continue reading So, if [BAD THING HAPPENS] and society collapses…