Heat wave in Oregon 2
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Lili Marin, 14, of Beaverton, Ore., seeks relief from the heat in the Sandy River with her dog, Luna, July 6, 2024.
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A festival-goer cools down at a free water and misting station at the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Ore., July 6, 2024.
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A crew member wets a rag in a mist stream at the Waterfront Blues Festival in downtown Portland, Ore., July 6, 2024. In response to the heat wave, the festival set up free misting and water bottle filling stations, as well as allowing people to bring in personal umbrellas.
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Crowds of people gather on the banks of the Sandy River at Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area in Troutdale, Ore., seeking relief from the heat under tents and on inflatable rafts, July 6, 2024.
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(From left) Kyleeah Scott, 9, and Annisa Golleher, 7, play in the Sandy River during a heat wave on July 6, 2024.
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Heather Theroux, a staff member of PDX Saints Love, fills a cooler with water bottles for distribution at the organization's cooling station in east Portland, Ore., July 6, 2024. PDX Saints Love is a group of community health workers supporting people experiencing homelessness and addiction. Theroux says that on Friday, they served roughly 90 people at the cooling station. "Our mission is to show love to all," she says, "but my heart is for the unhoused."
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Levi Nejal cools off under a misting tent set up by PDX Saints Love in east Portland, Ore., July 6, 2024. PDX Saints Love is a group of community health workers supporting people experiencing homelessness and addiction. Nejal, who usually comes here for free meals and showers, says that, so far, the extreme heat "isn't nearly as bad as the [extreme] cold."
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Longtime friends Michael Massey, left, and Scot Noel attend the Waterfront Blues Festival in downtown Portland, Ore., July 6, 2024. Both Massey and Noel are from Whidbey Island, Wash., and came to Portland specifically for the festival. The heat wave didn't give them any pause; Noel says, "you just need to prepare, and that's why we have this setup."
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Kristi Bulleit smiles and dances in a water mister at the Waterfront Blues Festival in downtown Portland, Ore., on July 6, 2024. Bulleit has come to this festival for many years, and says, "it was this hot last year too. The only time I missed [the festival] was COVID."
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