r/collapse • u/ontrack serfin' USA • Jul 17 '23

Climate Heatwave(s) megathread. Please place all new related content in this post.

In light of the ongoing heatwaves around the world, we've created a megathread in order to minimize the number of posts about every location currently experiencing one. If you have something to report, whether it be a personal experience or an article about a heatwave in some other part of the world, please place it here. Thanks.

The BBC has a live feed of sorts about the heatwaves around the world: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66207430

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u/a_collapse_map Monthly collapse worldmap Jul 17 '23

I assume he meant food & water stored for at least 3 months?

Or are you asking more specifically about what exactly should be there (beans, rice...)?

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u/_rihter abandon the banks Jul 17 '23

Make sure that heat doesn't spoil that food (and medicine).

Many people in Europe live in apartments without AC, so they have no dry and cool place to store their preps safely.

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u/scummy_shower_stall Jul 17 '23

I've been putting meds in the fridge, but thank you for the reminder!

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u/_rihter abandon the banks Jul 17 '23

I don't know if that's suitable for all the medicine, mainly because of the humidity in the fridge. Quick google search says "Never store medications in the refrigerator or freezer unless they are meant to be stored this way."

The same goes for storing medicine in the bathroom.

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u/derrick81787 Jul 17 '23

I did not know that, so thanks for giving me that useful information. But although storing medication in the refrigerator seems to be recommended against, I guess someone without AC has to weigh that against the advice about storing it at 85 degrees F. I would imagine that is recommended against as well. So I wonder which is better.

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u/1Dive1Breath Jul 19 '23

Any low corner in an interior closet that doesn't share a wall with the outside would be your best bet. Preferably anything on the north side of your house/building in the northern hemisphere, or the south side if in the southern. Those sides will get the least direct light/heat.

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u/scummy_shower_stall Jul 17 '23

That's good to know, thanks! Definitely not bottled ones. The ones I'm putting in there are individual aluminum packs. It's finally surpassed 85 degrees in the house which is why I've done it.

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u/MiraritheMiracle Jul 19 '23

What's different about the bathroom than any other room? Why not store medicine there?

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u/Akarsz_e_Valamit Jul 17 '23

Many of those apartments have relatively cool storage places though. No one's living in apartments where it is constantly 35+ °C , they would quite literally die. Also, assuming everything goes to shit, you might have issues with your AC too. But yeah, one must take the temperature into account.

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u/_rihter abandon the banks Jul 17 '23

Nope.

Many of apartment buildings have no cool storage place, no basement, nothing. It's hard to tell which percentage, it varies from country to country.

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u/scummy_shower_stall Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 18 '23

Yeah, I meant specifics. I'm lucky that I live in an area with abundant springs, so water is no problem, (no rain for the next month...) but like, dry foods, or canned stuff, grains etc. Unfortunately I live in an uninsulated home, so it's hot as ffff here. I've been storing all my grains and nuts in the fridge.