One favorite restaurant chain of the South, somehow plays an important role when it comes to measuring the impact of a storm and how it will affect a community.

Waffle House is known for serving home-cooked-esque breakfast, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

It's the one place many Southerners know they can go out to and have a warm meal, cooked to order, no matter the time or day, 365 days a year.