Here in Philly, we've had more days of NWS air quality alerts than not since May this year, so Maine can't be worse. Right now the fires in the west are causing Philly and NYC to have bad air days. Good thing the pandemic is keeping me indoors...
Humidity and I are enemies.
If it wasn't constantly on fire or washing into the Pacific Ocean, I'd move to central California. I just don't want to deal with a near-constant threat of fire then flood/landslide. I don't want to move back to New Mexico or anywhere away from a large body of water, Salt Lake City doesn't count. I love Colorado, but really only want to visit. It certainly isn't immune from wildfires.
Phil Forrest
Phil,
The problem I see is that to live or to sustain life one needs a supply of water.
California even gets water from as far away as Canada, the Colorado River gets drained into California, and basically without all this imported water California would have a lot more desert.
Over half our fresh produce comes from California, that's 3000 miles away, and it blows my mind how that is economically feasible or sustainable.
The forest fires are in British Columbia and Oregon as they suffer dry conditions.
When I lived in New Mexico, when Ronald Ray-Gun was President, there was a threat of wildfires in the Santa Fe National Forest where I lived.
Then we have a sich-E-A-tion in Chicago with too little water and too much water at the same time.
They say in one report that Toronto within a decade will have the climate of NYC, and that Maple trees might become extinct in Canada because they can't propagate fast enough to overcome global warming to establish themselves fast enough to keep ahead of the pace of global warming.
Already hardwood trees in Pennsylvania are starting to disappear as southern pines advance northerly.
I don't think or believe there is any safe haven. Global warming for me is real, and it seems apparent that so far the northeast at least has a more stable water supply, even though when it rains it pours and there is a danger of flash flooding.
Back to my solar panels, heat pump, and oil heat: it seems heat pumps loose their efficiency at the extremes, so having oil as a backup for polar vortex events is good insurance. Having solar and battery backup makes sense because severe weather is increasing. I expect the power grid to deteriorate further with increased demand.
Heat stroke for old people can be fatal. For my retirement I building out a life support system it seems. Never thought I would go down the survivalist path, but here I am. With "Maggie" heat-stroke is a real danger.
Also being a lazy-slacker along with saving mucho money for enhanced gratification seems to be a good plan. Glad I bought a modest tiny house with low taxes.
For me the Hudson River, while not the ocean, is not so bad a compromise.
Cal
