Florida’s Waffle House Index Score / / No Comments In the wake of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast with devastating winds and flooding, emergency responders are working to assess the damage. One unconventional but, some argue, effective tool for gauging the situation is the “Waffle House Index,” a metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to evaluate the severity of storms and guide disaster Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Florida's, House, Index, score, Waffle
Mapping the Big Map Index / / No Comments The Economist’s Big Mac Index compares the purchasing power parity between the currencies of different countries by examining the price of a Big Mac hamburger sold at McDonalds’ restaurants in each country. The Index “is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity, the notion that in the long run exchange rates should move towards the rate that would equalize the prices of an identical Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Index, Mapping
The National Fast Food Index / / No Comments If you buy a MacDonald’s Big Mac in Lee, Massachuesetts you will have to pay a whopping $ 7.89. That is over twice as expensive as buying the very same burger at a MacDonald’s in Eufaula, Oklahoma, where a Big Mac costs just £3.39. The price of a MacDonald’s Big Mac in the towns of Lee & Eufaula, and in the other 13,271 MacDonald’s outlets in the United States can be explored on the Fast Food Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Fast, food, Index, National