Waffle House has its own storm center.

No, it isn't the name for some sort of breakfast meal that contains a flurry of sausage, eggs and hash browns in a bowl. It's an actual, working storm center that is utilized during natural disasters.

Why Does Waffle House Have A Storm Center?

Waffle House's doesn't necessarily have the most advantageous restaurant footprint when it comes to avoiding areas where natural disasters tend to strike.

The company notes on its website it "has 1,600 restaurants stretching from the mid-Atlantic to Florida and across the Gulf Coast, leaving it particularly vulnerable to hurricanes." Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall On US Gulf Coast Getty Images loading...

Waffle House was hit particularly hard in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina completely wiped out seven

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