A far-right conspiracy theorist turned high-ranking official at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) claims to have once teleported to a Waffle House. “I was with my boys one time, and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. Phillips added: “And they said, ‘where are you?’ and I said, ‘a Waffle House.’ And: ‘a Waffle House where?’ And I said: ‘Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.’ And they said: “‘That’s not possible, you just left here a moment ago.’ But it was possible. Craig Fugate, who led Fema under Barack Obama, once said that Waffle House can provide insight into the level of seriousness of disasters. “If you get there and the Waffle House is closed,” Fugate said “That’s really bad.

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2026 01:38 UTC