NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money, I'm Wailin Wong, and here with me is Nate Hedgy

back again for more Indicator Hyjinks.

Hey, hey, great to be back.

You are host of NHPR's environmental podcast outside in and you do a lot of stories about climate change.

Yes, and lately I have been really interested in hazard maps.

These are maps that show which homes in your neighborhood are at risk of getting

destroyed or damaged by a natural disaster.

So we're talking about flooding, wildfires, landslides, that sort of thing.

Exactly. And so lately a lot of cities and states have been updating these maps because of climate

change and no surprise, hazard zones are getting bigger.

But when that happens, without fail, locals from Indiana to Oregon to Juneau Alaska have reacted in pretty much the same way.

Do we really have to adopt these maps?

Today on the indicator, what happens when small town politics collides with the climate crisis

and how it's forcing locals to face some very real concerns about insurance and the ability

to sell their house.

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