"The last three months were about three degrees above average, hotter than the Dust Bowl summer of 1936 and the heat dome of 2021, and tens of millions of people can’t afford to pay for the air-conditioning that helped keep them safe in the deadly heat." via https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/us/oklahoma-extreme-heat-electricity-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlE.ZbDI.sNsHY3XUGHJV&smid=nytcore-ios-share