Heat Relentless - Wishing For SNOW!!!!

Oh my GAWD - this is freakin ridiculous!  Watching the news this morning the weatherperson stated that we're seeing a "rare" warning today for the area:

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 107 TO 115 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS HEAT LEVELS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS. YOUNG CHILDREN...ELDERLY PEOPLE...THOSE WITH ILLNESSES OR HEART CONDITIONS...AND THOSE WHO WORK OR PLAY OUTDOORS ARE MOST AT RISK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS

Cooling centers in the area are going to be busy.....

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  Community Centers Become Cooling Centers

  
  

NASHVILLE, TN - All 22 Metro Parks and Recreation community and recreation centers are serving as cooling centers during the recent heat wave.

The buildings will be opened longer Thursday, Friday, Saturday and next week.

Metro Parks and Recreation Director Roy Wilson said anyone may visit the centers to sit awhile or read a book or simply to cool down. Wilson said administrators decided to extend hours at the centers and offer water to those who need to just come in and cool off.

Metro is aiming the cooling center projects at people who must spend a lot of their days working outside.

Wilson said the extended hours will be in effect as long as the temperatures are at least 95 degrees.

East Park Community Center, Hadley Community Center and Hartman Community Center will be open from 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays.

The other 19 neighborhood centers will operate 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays.

For information, call 862-8400 or visit http://www.nashville.gov/parks or call the individual center.

Antioch Community Center	5023 Blue Hole Road	315-9363
Bellevue Community Center	656 Colice Jeanne Road	862-8435
Cleveland Community Center	North Sixth Street and Bayard Street	862-8444
Coleman Community Center	384 Thompson Lane	862-8445
Douglas Senior Center	210 North 7th Street	862-8446
East Park Community Center	700 Woodland Street	862-8448
Elizabeth Community Center	1701 Arthur Avenue at 110th Avenue North	862-8449
Hadley Community Center	1037 28th Avenue North	862-8451
Hartman Community Center	2801 Tucker Road	254-6531
Hermitage Community Center	3720 James Kay Lane	316-0843
Kirkpatrick Community Center	620 South 9th Street	862-8453
Madison Community Center	510 North Dupont Avenue	862-8459
McCabe Community Center	101 46th Avenue North	862-8457
McFerrin Community Center	315 Berry Street	862-8458
Morgan Park Community Center	411 Hume Street	862-8462
Napier Community Center	73 Fairfield Street	256-4474
Parkwood Community Center	3220 Vailview Drive	862-8495
Rose Community Center	1000 Edgehill Avenue	862-8465
Sevier Community Center	3021 Lealand Lane	862-8466
Shelby Community Center	South 20th Street at Shelby Avenue	862-8467
So. Inglewood Community Center	1625 Rebecca Street	862-8452
Watkins Park Community Center	616 17th Avenue North	862-8468
West Park Community Center	6105 Morrow Road	862-8469
Z. Alexander Looby Center	2301 Metro Center Blvd.	862-8454

Source: http://stonesoupstation.blogspot.com/2010/08/heat-relentless-wishing-for-snow.html