When deadly heat hit the Pacific Northwest two years ago, hundreds of people died, including several residents of public housing in Portland. That's where Beth Vansmith lives. She has heart disease, a condition that puts her at higher risk for heat illness, and she remembers how awful she felt with no air conditioner and temperatures soaring up to 116.
"I would get dizzy. I would get nauseous. You know, I'd lose my appetite completely, and it was just so miserably hot," she says.
