The Washington Post | As Portland, Ore., copes with unprecedented heat, illnesses spike and roads buckle →
PORTLAND, Ore. — Kim and Kathy Stoughton thought they could wait out the record-breaking heat in their east Portland apartment, even though they don't have air conditioning.
But by Sunday, they couldn’t take it anymore.
“I felt fatigued, extremely uncomfortable, mad,” said Kim, who is in his 60s.
He was also dizzy and confused, signs of heatstroke. So the couple headed to Sunrise Center, a community-center-turned-cooling-station open 24 hours through Tuesday.