@geniusmusing I don’t know where they’re hitting 115F, but they really should be allocating the the power cuts to some of the industrial users that use most of the state’s power to begin with. If some places really did hit 115F, they’re risking people’s lives by cutting cooling in residential areas. Not only do they not have air conditioning, but they’re without refrigeration, so “grabbing a cool one” soon makes everything in the fridge get hot and start spoiling. (But at least they likely also lost Internet connectivity, so their bosses can’t see the result.)

My house’s internal temperature is still below 100F / 38C, I imagine there might be some apartment buildings in high-crime areas that don’t even have openable windows.

I remember seeing a special on The Weather Channel about the famous Chicago heat wave.