UPDATE: @WaffleHouse did not close willingly. They were told to shut by Shallotte, NC police. But when the Bojangles (@Bojangles1977) across the road stayed open, it became an old-fashioned Southern fast-food stand-off that @WaffleHouse wasn’t about to lose. They’ve now reopened!
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@WaffleHouse staff told me “we’re here for the community.” No, they will not go quiet into that good night. They will not cede ground to@Bojangles1977.#Heroes#HurricaneFlorenceShow this thread -
“We fed a hundred cops in
#Myrtle Beach this morning,” one@WaffleHouse employee told me incredulously. “Why would they want to shut us down?”#HurricaneFlorenceShow this thread -
Throughout the South,
@WaffleHouse is such a good barometer of storm conditions even government agencies monitor them.#HurricaneFlorencehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/hurricane-season-terms.html …Show this thread -
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@WaffleHouse is now closed. So is the@Bojangles1977. The rains have begun.#HurricaneFlorence2018#HurricaneFlorencepic.twitter.com/KWE8MRypuz
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For more on this, we’re going to be going live from the NBC News Facebook from restaurants in question.
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UPDATE: The
@WaffleHouse in North Myrtle Beach remains open this morning even as#HurricaneFlorence bears down. And who do I meet? Barrett - the tenacious employee from Shallotte who refused to shut down as long as@Bojangles1977 was still slingin’ hash.pic.twitter.com/tVz9eLj6E5 – at Waffle House
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I asked Barrett how long they’ll keep this one open. “Till we ain’t standin no more.” These guys are like emergency workers because that’s who they’re feeding: cops and firefighters. This area is under curfew, and customers here order off an “emergency menu.”
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Cheryl said she’s determined to keep this
@WaffleHouse branch open as long as she can. “Somebody’s gotta feed all the first responders.”#Heros#HurricaneFlorencepic.twitter.com/Dgi5N5BICj
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Just this morning ran into a
@WaffleHouse disaster “Response Team” truck. Response team personnel Dulane Hale was hauling three large tankers of gas to fuel up Waffle Houses that are just now reopening post#HurricaneFlorence.pic.twitter.com/LkWVZQsXR2
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