most portable units i’ve seen are the one-hose kind, which barely does anything because it creates negative pressure inside and then the house is just sucking hot air in through every crack

you have to have a minisplit installed if you want proper AC, which is hundreds of dollars. also, it’s cool if you already have AC installed, but there’s not gonna be an AC installer with free time when there’s a massive heatwave like this, because everyone’s clamoring for AC.