monique coleman, a former neighbor of evelyn york's,er remesandy's devastation. >> it was the same thing over again. you know, we were repeating the cycle of, you knowr just s gulfing the whole area and then leaving in ke just devastation out... outside and within. you can see how the water just inundates the street. >>eporter: coleman and her neighbors found their home emlues plummeting while their flood insurance prms skyrocketed. as they assessed their options, they heard about a state-runm proglled blue acres. >> and we found out about thatth program anfact that they were making it available forke communities liurs. immediately, i was like, "this is something we need to pursue." >> reporter: blue acres' mission is to buy up houses from homeowners in flood zones, demolish them, and then rezone the land so that nothing else can be blt there. it's run by new jersey's department of environmental protection. fawn mcgee is the program's director. >> we buy the homes at pre-storm value. it allows folks to sell us their home, take the proceeds of that sale, move to higher ground. we demolish