Elly W. Yu

When Disaster Strikes, FEMA Turns To Waffle House

(Photo Credit: Bob B. Brown / flickr.com/beleaveme)

Aired on Marketplace, March 4, 2015.

When a big storm or tornado devastates a community, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) usually steps in to help state and local officials. But in recent years, FEMA has been getting some help of its own from an unexpected source – one you see on almost every highway throughout the Southeast: Waffle House.

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