<story><title>Canada battles more than 180 wildfires with hundreds dead in heat wave</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2021/07/04/1013026434/canada-battles-more-than-180-wildfires-with-hundreds-dead-in-heat-wave</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>newleaf</author><text>As an insurance policy, where would be the best places to live or buy land now given forecasted trends? I’m primarily thinking of the US, but interested any idea (well, maybe not Siberia…)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mastax</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d usually suggest someplace away from the equator to get cooler temperatures, and close to a large body of water to reduce temperature swings. Good supply of fresh water is a plus as well. Lower population density reduces the risk of social unrest.&lt;p&gt;Great lakes, Maine, Northern Europe, Japan, Southern Chile, New Zealand?&lt;p&gt;Of course, what BC is experiencing right now demonstrates that it may be more complicated or impossible to predict.</text></comment>
<story><title>Canada battles more than 180 wildfires with hundreds dead in heat wave</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2021/07/04/1013026434/canada-battles-more-than-180-wildfires-with-hundreds-dead-in-heat-wave</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>newleaf</author><text>As an insurance policy, where would be the best places to live or buy land now given forecasted trends? I’m primarily thinking of the US, but interested any idea (well, maybe not Siberia…)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>asdfasgasdgasdg</author><text>Ultimately, anywhere that is relatively wet and&amp;#x2F;or not located in a forest is probably decently safe from forest fires. In terms of safety from heat waves, there are a few good hedges: a very well insulated house, ideally with some sort of reflective roof. A backup battery system that allows you to run independently in the case of a grid failure. Solar panels that work when the grid is off, which have excess capacity. Redundant cooling systems? If you really wanna go crazy, build a small underground bunker like Colin Furze did.&lt;p&gt;With these things in place I think you&amp;#x27;ll be safe enough during any foreseeable heat waves. You still wouldn&amp;#x27;t be able to go outside on really hot days, but you wouldn&amp;#x27;t likely die due to overheating.</text></comment>