How does one's experience of flooding reshape their ideas of home, safety and community? We hear from homeowners Patricia and Omar as they recount their story of Hurricane Ida and their subsequent decision to sell their home to Blue Acres, New Jersey's nationally renowned, state-run program for voluntary buyouts of flood-prone properties. We also talk with Blue Acres program manager Courtney Wald-Wittkop and climate adaptation expert A.R. Siders about the broader ideas of managed retreat and loss in the face of more extreme flood risks.
Carried by Water is created and hosted by Mario Soriano. It's a production of Blue Lab at Princeton University.
Copyright 2025 Mario Soriano and Blue Lab (bluelabmedia.org). All rights reserved.
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