FEMA Using “Waffle House Index” To Gauge Economic Rebound Following Disaster

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Channel: The Ring of Fire · 2018 · News & Politics

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Via Boom Bust RT America: Ahead of Hurricane Florence, emergency managers watched the so-called Waffle House Index, an informal gauge for FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to determine how quickly a community might bounce back economically after a disaster. Mollye Barrows joins Bart Chilton to discuss. 

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