Going Underground

With heat records edging ever upwards it feels like we will have little alternative but to retreat underground and that is exactly what they have done in some parts of the Australian outback where Summer temperatures are a stifling 52C (126F) so they have created a town under the ground in old mine shafts.
In one town of 2,500 people, the high street is full of bars, restaurants and shops which once you step inside lead down via tunnels to the subterranean amenities where the temperature is a constant and much more manageable 23C (73F) all year round.
Apart from a much more reasonable climate, another bonus is that you don't need to spend a fortune on air conditioning and zero biting and stingy insects attacking you and also lack of sound and light pollution.
In China, the Government opened up underground WW2 air raid shelters for citizens to shade themselves from a two week heatwave and in Turkey there are hundreds of ancient cave dwellings which people live in during the summer months and are used to store fruit and vegetables to keep them cool while when the Sun gets a bit to hot in Kandovan, Iran, the whole village shifts into caves that have been hollowed out into houses.
You may be wondering why the rest of us are not turning up at the South Downs with a pick axe but the London Underground's battle against black mould shows that the UK is just too much damp and rainfall for us to retreat mole-like underground.
Maybe it isn't a viable option in the UK until the dampness problem is sorted out but due to Climate Change, going underground may be the way of the future.