Hurricanes are personal for this disaster researcher
Politics tamfitronics This story is part of State of Emergencya Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation.In the spring of 2005, Daniel Aldrich, a researcher, was finishing his doctorate in Japanese energy politics at Harvard University. That summer, he moved to Louisiana with his wife and two young children, renting a house in New Orleans to begin his first-ever job in academia at Tulane University. The campus was abuzz in late August as students moved into their dormitories and teachers prepared for the first day of classes. The last Monday of that month was supposed to be Aldrich’s first day of teaching. He never made it to campus. Twelve feet...