This is, to my knowledge, quite unique. Patrick Geryl has indicated a few places he considers to be safe (South Africa and Sierra Nevada) and Lawrence E. Joseph has nominated a town in the USA. Stan Deyo moved to Australia to be safe, but he and his wife are back in the USA now. There are some “flood maps” floating about, but they pretty much just advise you to be away from the coast.
There’s also quite an extensive list of safe spots that was prepared by the ZetaTalk folk, but it is solely concerned with a pole shift due to the passing of Planet X that an alien being told them about. I do not endorse it. http://www.zetatalk.com/safelocs.pdf
Places to Survive
Read my criteria below, and don’t just read about your location, the others have tips that might be relevant to you…
(Asia was ignored because there are few survivalists there, and few people that would read this, not because there aren’t potentially some great safe spots)
Here are the factors I took into consideration:
IMPORTANT CRITERIA
No Nukes (no nuclear power plants or missiles or dumps or targets) within 100 miles
No Volcanoes or Calderas (active or dormant) within 200 miles
No Earthquakes – none in modern history, not on a fault line
No War Nearby – use own judgement
Not near a sand desert – sand storms can be nasty, but not always
Nothing above – landslide, dam, snow that can melt, glacier, lake
Not Near a Large Population >250,000 people – too many survivors after what you have
Clear Land Available – forests and woods can catch fire, so build on clear land
600 Metres above Sea-Level (or 2/5 of a mile) and/or 400 Kilometres Inland (or 250 miles)
Fertile Soil
Drinkable Water
Accessible (road/rail/airport)
Near a Town/City >20,000 people (supplies now, scavenge later perhaps)
Close to your current home – that way you might actually do it, rather than just plan and dream.
DESIRABLE
Be on a continent – so that if your location turns out to be no good (especially climate-wise), you are able to travel by foot to somewhere better.
Be more than 54 degrees from the pole – pretty much the only information on the scope of crustal displacements comes from Charles Hapgood, and his research suggests that 3 previous crustal pole shifts each involved approximately 30 degrees of movement. This means that anywhere north or south of the 36 degree latitude line has a 50/50 chance of ending up being within the Arctic Circle, in the event of crustal displacement. Unless the shift is to the east or west! It is all very inexact, based on a theory with no known mechanism, but if you want a rule of thumb – if it already snows at your survival spot, a cooler planet could render it uninhabitable.
Modern, Western Civilization – it’s just easier if that is what you are used to, and, big generalization, probably safer for you before and after. Obviously your own culture/country should be your first choice if you like it.
Hippies and Amish – if the local folk are keen on self-sufficiency, that could be a big plus, post-SHTF.
Nice Weather! – it is hard to build a bunker if you are snowed under, in a monsoon, or in scorching heat.
Not on a “flee path” – if everyone in a major city gets in their car and tries to escape, don’t be at the first safe spot they come across. Or the second…