I just sent my kids to their first day of school on a 97-degree day. In Portland, Oregon, which is about 100 miles farther North than Portland, ME. My AC has be

I just sent my kids to their first day of school on a 97-degree day. In Portland, Oregon, which is about 100 miles farther North than Portland, ME. My AC has been on pretty constantly all summer. There, of course, is no AC at the school. Why the heck would their be? It's not even in session during the summer in a mild climate. I remember when we moved in to our current house in 2015; we did the first summer without AC, but had it installed for the next year. Felt like a comfort/luxury thing. We had a bit of cash and thought it would be fun to have central air for the first time. Now I honestly don't know what we'd do if it broke.