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The article touts the "Heat Relief Network" with "more than 200" Cooling and Hydration centers. The list is here: https://azmag.gov/Programs/Heat-Relief-Networ
by ultrarunner 3y ago
The article touts the "Heat Relief Network" with "more than 200" Cooling and Hydration centers.
The list is here: https://azmag.gov/Programs/Heat-Relief-Network/Heat-Relief-Network-Directories https://azmag.gov/Programs/Heat-Relief-Network/Heat-Relief-N... in case that's the easiest format for you while you're dying of heat exhaustion, but there is an apparently incomplete map here: http://hrn.azmag.gov/#/map http://hrn.azmag.gov/#/map
The ones that I am familiar with turn out to be places one can find a drinking fountain. All of the ones I know about are outside (unshaded) and many of them are refrigerated, but in my many many miles on foot around the city I have yet to find with the chiller actually running in the summer. As such, the water coming out can be initially hot enough to burn you, if the water comes out at all.
The "cooling centers" appear to be mainly libraries. We routinely take our kids to several libraries that are listed, but I can't recall ever seeing anything set up for helping someone in heat distress. Perhaps they have a hidden area? To me, this again seems like they've simply compiled a list without actually doing anything and declared the problem complete.
Those of us who keep bottled water in the car to give out to people seem to be doing more than the city of Phoenix ever has.