Boxer - 5000 BTU small window A/C at Wal-Mart - less than $100 - GO!
I should have pulled the trigger last week -- I was *this* close to picking up a nice 6000 BTU Samsung at Lowe's. Now, every store between here and Seattle is sold out.
We're back in the 80s for a couple of days, but the heat is supposed to be back with a vengeance later this week. Just in time for my camping trip this weekend and Indian Days in Browning. They're on the high plains, so if it's 100 here, it'll be 110 there. For those keeping score at home, Saturday was the hottest day ever recorded in Missoula, at 107*F. To put that in perspective, the average high is in the upper 70s. Now we're worried the trout population may crash; the low water levers and high temps are a 1-2 punch. They're putting fishing restrictions in place, but it may not be enough.
Lifelong Missoulians are absolutely baffled. Nobody has ever experienced a year like this, from the astoundingly mild winter to the heavy rainfall in early June to the heatwave last week. Something really big is happening here.
