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🌱 How Avondale Estates’ first Waffle House helped shape FEMA’s disaster playbook

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  • How Avondale Estates’ first Waffle House helped shape FEMA’s disaster playbook

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Today's riddle: Why is it so hot after a ball game? šŸ¤” (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Thursday: A passing afternoon shower, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
  • Friday: Cloudy with a stray t-storm, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.

šŸ“° News we're reading

• The 'Waffle House Index' FEMA Uses To Gauge Natural Disasters (tastingtable.com) — Avondale Estates gets a notable shoutout as the birthplace of the very first Waffle House back in 1955, a legacy that helped inspire FEMA’s informal ā€œWaffle House Indexā€ for natural disasters. The piece explains how the chain’s reputation for rarely closing, especially during hurricanes and floods, became a quirky but useful signal of storm damage and community recovery.
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šŸ“ø Around Avondale Estates

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šŸ—“ Upcoming Events in Avondale Estates

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    Thursday April 2
  • Speak to a Decatur Social Work Intern
    Decatur Library -
    9:30 am
  • LEGO Constructors
    Scottdale-Tobie Grant Homework Center -
    11:00 am
  • Open Technology Lab
    Decatur Library -
    11:00 am
  • Mind Bubble Homework Help
    Scottdale-Tobie Grant Homework Center -
    2:30 pm
  • Friday April 3
  • Red Cross Blood Drive
    Decatur Library -
    9:30 am
  • Speak to a Decatur Social Work Intern
    Decatur Library -
    10:00 am
  • Saturday April 4
  • Take & Make Saturdays
    Decatur Library -
  • Speak to a Decatur Social Work Intern
    Decatur Library -
    10:00 am

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šŸ—“ Events Nearby

    Wednesday April 1
  • Art Display: Boxed Away
    Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
    10:00 am
  • Books and Babies Storytime
    Decatur Library -
    10:00 am
  • Joyous Club
    Flat Shoals Library -
    10:30 am
  • Personal Finance
    Flat Shoals Library -
    2:00 pm

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šŸ’¬ Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • A man named Ryan White has restored my faith in humans today!
    HE FOUND MY DRIVERS LICENSE AND DEBIT CARD AND HE TRACKED ME DOWN!!! The cards fell out of my pocket on MARTA after the Hawks game on Saturday night… (Nextdoor Avondale Estates)
  • Registration is now open for the Easter Basket Giveaway- only a few tickets
    Free Easter baskets, pictures with the Easter Bunny and more https://www.eventbrite.com/e/copy-of-6th-annual-easter-eggstravaganza-tickets… (Nextdoor Northern Avenue -Avondale)
  • Agnes Scott College posted a job opening for Budget Manager, Academic Affairs in Decatur. Apply here.
  • City of Decatur Georgia posted a job opening for Part-time Certified Firefighters EMT I or above only in Decatur. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Avondale Estates here.

šŸ—ž Nearby News

Decatur

Clarkston

  • Deadly Shooting in Clarkston: Police Investigate Fatal Incident (hoodline.com)

Stone Mountain

  • School Locked Down, Flash-Bangs Used In Search For DeKalb Suspect (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because all the fans leave. (Thank you Shirley J. F. for sending it in!)
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