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Updated July 22 In America’s least air-conditioned cities, brutal heat changes some people’s minds Is life without AC – a point of pride in Seattle, Portland and the Northwest – coming to an end? By Marc Fisher, Carissa Wolf and Michael HingstonThe Washington Post Share Scorched raspberry plants during the heat wave at a farm just outside of Portland, Ore., on June 30. Alisha Jucevic/The Washington Post In Boise, Idaho, where the temperature topped 97 for a stretch of 14 out of 15 days this month, Sarah O’Keefe refuses to give in. With the mercury repeatedly soaring into triple digits, she started waking up hours earlier, added afternoon siestas to her routine and installed a sprinkler to cool her hot metal roof. The AC stays off.

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