100 days of over 100F heat is going to kill you much sooner than shoveling snow, that you could be paying someone else in a machine to do for you.
> The combination of a heat wave and power outages “is the most deadly climate-related event we can imagine,” said Stone.
> He and a team of scientists explored the potential impacts of a heat wave coinciding with a multi-day outage caused by extreme weather or a cyberattack. Focusing on Atlanta, Detroit and Phoenix, they looked at exposure inside people’s homes, a major driver of heat-related illness during a power outage.
> The figures were particularly stark for Phoenix. During a three to four-day heat event and outage, half the city’s population — nearly 800,000 people — would require hospital treatment for heat-related illnesses, according to the findings. More than 13,000 would die.
> A power outage in Phoenix causes a “very dramatic shift in heat illness,” Stone said, because the city’s climate is so extreme and people struggle to adapt. In an unfortunate irony, widespread air conditioning may actually make residents less resilient because they are so acclimatized to cooling in their homes and workplaces, Stone said.
The fact that the heat doesn't go away even at night is another issue. If the power ever fails for vulnerable populations, they're immediately in danger. There's no reprieve of night or insulation you can use to fully mitigate those conditions.
I don't know whether you know this or not, but you don't actually have to be out in the 100F heat all day if you live in Arizona.
Somebody has to shovel the snow, though, if you live in the places people move to Arizona from. Otherwise your car can't get out of the garage. Sometimes you can't even get out of the front door.
No robots do that snow shoveling thing yet, when they do, sign me up.
That's still not going to stop the drain of people from Michigan or say upstate New York to Arizona.
No robots, but you don’t really need to exert yourself to get rid of snow. Self-propelled snow throwers with heated grips and a cab are a thing. For example: https://snowfallblowers.com/2020/09/09/ariens-11528-snow-thr...
I have a setup similar to this, using it about as much effort as walking a small dog.
> That's still not going to stop the drain of people from Michigan or say upstate New York to Arizona.
Good, more fresh water, natural splendor, cheap housing, mild winters[0], and beautiful fall colors for us.
[0] To be honest I’ve only even used that snow thrower maybe thrice in the past 2 years in southeast Michigan, winters are getting warmer and warmer every year it seems. The river barely even freezes any more, we had enough snow to cover the grass for maybe 2 total weeks last year.