Pacific Northwest Will Experience , Another Extreme Heat Wave.<br />According to the National Weather Service, .<br />on Aug. 12, more than 145 million Americans <br />lived in an area with an excessive heat warning.<br />In the Pacific Northwest, temperatures are once again expected to break records by exceeding 100 degrees.<br />The heat wave that covered the region in June resulted in the deaths of at least 100 people, .<br />though some analysts believe <br />that estimate is much too low.<br />The current heat wave plaguing the Pacific Northwest <br />is not expected to be as severe as the one in June.<br />This event, three days of it in a row, is a very noteworthy event for this region and is <br />relatively rare, Colby Neuman, National Weather Service Portland, via 'The Wall Street Journal'.<br />But it’s not the three days of all-time record high temperatures that we had in late June. It’s hard to look at it in a positive light, but it’s at least <br />not that bad, Colby Neuman, National Weather Service Portland, via 'The Wall Street Journal'.<br />The heat prompted Oregon Governor Kate Brown <br />to declare a state of emergency.<br />Emergency-response protocols and assistance offered by state agencies will be in place through Aug. 20.<br />Gov. Brown recommended that community members check in with each other and make use of public cooling centers.<br />Please treat these hot temperatures seriously, Gov. Kate Brown, (D-OR), <br />via 'The Wall Street Journal'.<br />According to census data, nearly one in five households in metro Portland do not have air conditioning.
