Common sense can guide. If one reads the literature on past geological changes, and written and spoken records on what occurred during past cataclysms, one can plot their course. Coast lines are dangerous, as the tidal waves will be immense. Subducting plates or areas close to building mountains will be at risk. Buildings subject to earthquake damage should be avoided, and best of all is the least amount of structure, as in tents or straw huts.
Natural windbreaks are available, as valleys between hills.
Areas subjected to mountain building in the recent past can be anticipated to be the subject of mountain building again during the coming pole shift. This includes the Rockies west of the Continental Divide, as when the Pacific shortens, the subducting plate tucking under the west coast will not only create great heaving and shifting in those surface areas above the subducting plate, it will also cause the Earth to heat up due to the friction. Likewise in the Himalayas, but the mountains in Europe will not be any less safe than elsewhere in Europe, as the Atlantic will yaw and tend to pull Europe down in elevation. Thus, the mountains in Europe may be safer than the lowlands which are subject to tidal influx. The spine of mountains running the length of South America is also highly subject to trauma during pole shifts, in like manner to the Rockies.