Morning Distribution for Tuesday, March 1, 2022

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America]( [Not Even Gumbo Is Safe From Climate Change]( By [Daniel Babin]( It was Christmas Day, and like every year before it, I was in little Ville Platte, Louisiana (pop. 7,430). It was a dreadfully warm 80 degrees, the winter air so thick that the concrete was sweating along with me. I was in town to visit my grandparents, who have lived in Ville Platte their entire lives. I opened the door to their house and smelled the popcorn-like scent of my uncle preparing a roux. He throws in oysters, crawfish tails, crab meat, shrimp and enough salt to stop your heart to make our family’s version of Louisiana’s signature dish, gumbo. Gumbo marks the passage of time in Louisiana in a serious way. Every Louisianian I’ve spoken to knows what I mean if I say “gumbo weather.” In my mind, it’s a Saturday in November. The air is a little crisp, and it’s finally time to put on that LSU fleece jacket and head to the Parade Grounds for a tailgate. There, my neighbor’s dad will be serving gumbo from a pot half the size of a bathtub. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Americans Are Unified Against Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.