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Waffle House Index

informal metric used in the United States to determine the effect of a storm
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Waffle House Index

Summary

Waffle House Index is a hazard scale[1]. It draws 1,530 Wikipedia views per month (hazard_scale category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Waffle House Index is credited with the discovery of Craig Fugate[3].
  • Waffle House Index's instance of is recorded as hazard scale[4].
  • Waffle House is named after Waffle House Index[5].
  • Waffle House Index's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h56cz_[6].
  • Waffle House Index's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as waffle-house-index[7].

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Works and Contributions

Waffle House Index is credited with the discovery of Craig Fugate[3].

Why It Matters

Waffle House Index draws 1,530 Wikipedia views per month (hazard_scale category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Know Your Meme. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Waffle House Index. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/waffle-house-index
MLA “Waffle House Index.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/waffle-house-index.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_waffle-house-index_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Waffle House Index}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/waffle-house-index}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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