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He also coined the Waffle House Index [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
by dbarlett 11y ago
He also coined the Waffle House Index [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoI didn't realize they actually planned for it [1]. That's actually pretty awesome. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House#Disaster_recovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House#Disaster_recovery
- hga 11y agoYeah, as mentioned in the various Wikipedia articles 4 companies that do a lot of business in and around Tornado Alley are prepared for it. The others are Home Depot, Lowes, and Wal-Mart. The latter is the one I know the most about, it's based in the north-west most county in Arkansas, 3 counties due south of Joplin, MO, where we enjoyed an EF-5 tornado in 2011, and they have serious plans which they get to put into operation all too often. Not as quickly and directly as Waffle House, but with all their logistics resources its easy to surge food, water, etc. as soon as the roads are open. Ah, the Joplin Home Depot was in the zone of total destruction, but our Lowes was untouched, and the company surged many, many employees to it, it was really busy in the days and months afterwards.
- dsfyu404ed 11y agoI find it amusing that Walmart is probably in a better position than most governments when it comes to the ability to deal with the humanitarian crisis following a natural disaster...
- mbubb 11y agoGood point. In NYC companies like IKEA in Red Hook had local impact following Sandy. I was told in the late 90s, anecdotally, that in South Korea which has a festering humanitarian disaster 50 miles from its capital, the large conglomerates each have a role in the emergency planning. For example: LG provides potable water; Samsung, Quonset huts; Hyundai..., etc