When the 24/7 breakfast restaurant Waffle House boarded up locations in the path of Hurricane Helene—most notably in ...

As such, an open, fully functional restaurant is a green on the Waffle House Index, meaning that the zone is more or less ...

A spokesperson for Waffle House did not say how many restaurants would close in preparation for Hurricane Helene, saying it's ...

"Right now, it's a wait and see attitude," Njeri Boss, vice president of food safety and public relations told the ...

That leaves seven other Waffle Houses in the immediate area open for now, with the company keeping a "wait and see" attitude.

You know it’s a serious hurricane when the local Waffle House is closed. CNN’s John Berman noted this longstanding bit of ...

Hurricane Helene, declared a Category 4 storm, led Waffle House to close all locations in Tallahassee and nearby ...

No damage was immediately apparent in state government buildings, including the state Capitol and governor’s mansion.

As Hurricane Helene nears Georgia, residents are turning to an unusual yet reliable indicator of storm severity: the Waffle House Index.

Waffle House closed locations in Tallahassee and Crawfordville, FL, ahead of Hurricane Helene, highlighting the Waffle House ...

And in the case of Hurricane Helene, experts were predicting that the storm surge would be devastating in the coastal areas ...