Need last-minute hurricane supplies? See list of Publix, Walmart store closures
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- Oct 09, 2024
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The map shows Publix super markets that have closed and which stores have modified hours.
Is Walmart closed as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida landfall?
"Teams from across the company are working to support the communities we call home," Walmart posted on its website. "We're incredibly grateful to our associates on the ground preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Milton."
As of 9:30 a.m., 207 Walmart stores stretching from the west to the east coasts of Florida were closed. The online map will be updated as more store closures are announced, the company announced.
Is Waffle House really closed?
Waffle House announced Tuesday several of its restaurants are closed ahead of Hurricane Milton, especially in and around Tampa Bay. About 33 Waffle House locations are closed and 22 remained open across the state, according to the Waffle House Index posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday.
"As we stated during Hurricane Helene, our mission remains to keep our associates out of harm's way," Waffle House spokesperson Njeri Boss told USA Today.
"Accordingly, in areas predicted to be hardest hit, we will preemptively close restaurants with a goal of reopening them as soon as it is safe to do so to serve the communities that have there for us over the years."
How do you measure a storm's impact on a community? The Saffir-Simpson Scale may be what first comes to mind, but there's also the "Waffle House Index."
All Waffle House restaurants are ranked and marked with one of three different colors — green, red, or yellow to signify conditions.
"Green means the restaurant is serving a full menu, a signal that damage in an area is limited and the lights are on. Yellow means a limited menu, indicating power from a generator, at best, and low food supplies. Red means the restaurant is closed, a sign of severe damage in the area or unsafe conditions," the company posted on its website.
“If you get there and the Waffle House is closed?” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate has said. “That’s really bad." That’s where you go to work.”"
The company said it "fully embraced its post-disaster business strategy after Hurricane Katrina in 2005."
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