Temps peaked around 117 degrees where I lived[0]. There were at least 3 or 4 days in a row where temps remained over 100. For context, temperatures would normal

Temps peaked around 117 degrees where I lived[0]. There were at least 3 or 4 days in a row where temps remained over 100. For context, temperatures would normally be somewhere between low 70s to mid 80s. Air conditioning isn't common in the PNW, and we had none at first. I managed to get a portable AC that was able to keep temps below 100 in our home office where my family slept for a few days. It kept tripping our circuit breaker, but it provided enough shelter that my family was able to get by. I had a six month old baby, and we literally had to flee our home the day temps got to 117 outside (with indoor temps going well past 120 upstairs for us). Hotels were of course completely booked all the way until you got to Yakima. I took off from work and we, like many others, drove to a large shopping mall and literally waited out the day there. When we got back home, there were things that had clearly been affected by the heat. I remember seeing how a bottle of wood glue had changed color to a dark brown. [0]: https://komonews.com/news/local/issaquah-highlands-reach-scorching-116-degrees-knocks-out-power-for-thousands https://komonews.com/news/local/issaquah-highlands-reach-sco...