Staying afloat here this year means maintaining a livable temperature in the house while every day is over 100^o. We've have a month at least of it so far and no end in sight. The summer of 2011 was like this with 72 days over 100^o. A lot of people die in this kind of heat. People hunker down and come out after the sun sets and seek shady patios any other time. It's a time of year when if there is a traffic accident with a motorcycle or a bicyclist the victim could die of the heat of the roadbed.