09/03/2019
Today in class, we talked about the Waffle House Index, an unexpected measure of storm damage/severity. It's a fun example of how researchers sometimes have to be creative when measuring complicated things like storm damage, and another good reminder of predictive (vs. causal) relationships. Here's some more information: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/13/647559570/what-is-the-waffle-house-index .