We're dying over here

Auuugggghhh...just when we thought the smoke had cleared, it came back. The fires have spread and are closer to the coast now; smoke is everywhere. Everything has this really strange orange glow because the sun is filtered through all the smoke. And to add to the misery of breathing in all that ash...we are having record breaking temperatures. For example, the previous record temperature for this area is 86 degrees back in 1985. It is already 76 today and fore casted to be 103 by this afternoon. The air quality people are suggesting that we keep all doors and windows closed to avoid the smoky air, but no one here has air conditioners because it doesn't usually get so freakin' hot...so how are we supposed to stay inside of a cooking house. We are going to sit down by the river next to our house in hopes of finding some fresh air; there is usually a breeze that blows up river from the ocean.