Where To Find Cooling Centers In Palos: Extreme Heat Advisory Issued

PALOS, IL—Our relatively cool start to summer has turned into Hell’s Front Porch overnight as a massive heat dome builds over the Chicago region.

The National Weather Service has issued an EXTREME HEAT WARNING in effect through 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 1. Heat indices are expected to be over 100 degrees throughout the week.

The one-two punch of high heat and humidity could create a dangerous situation in which heat-related illnesses are possible.

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Check on elderly and disabled family and friends and neighbors. Have plenty of water on hand for your pets and keep them inside or in a shaded shelter. Call 911 if you think someone needs a well-being check, and you can’t get there yourself, or if you see someone struggling on the street.

If your power goes out, your air conditioner breaks, you don’t have air, or you just want to give your electric bill a break, here are cooling centers where you can go to beat the heat around the Palos communities.

• Kaptur Administration Building (if needed), 8999 W. 123rd St., Palos Park
• Palos Park Metra Station, 123rd Street and 82nd Avenue
• Palos Park Recreation Center, 8901 W. 123rd St.
• Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St.
• Palos Hills Resource & Recreation Department, 8455 W. 103rd St.
• Green Hills Library District, 10221 Interlochen Drive, Palos Hills. The library will be closed for necessary parking lot repairs July 2 through July 5.

The magnitude of anticipated heat, combined with oppressive warmth at night, will lead to hazardous conditions, particularly for the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions.

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in air-conditioned rooms, and stay out of the sun.

Other area cooling centers:

• Chicago Ridge Emergency Management Building
  10655 S. Oak Ave., Chicago Ridge

• Worth Township Center
  11601 S. Pulaski Road, Alsip
  Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, closed Friday. People should provide own transportation.

• Illinois Department of Human Services
  3301 Wireton Rd., Blue Island

Palos Park police will also be conducting senior well-being checks over the next few days. If you need a well-being check or would like to request someone to stop by older family members homes for a check-in, call Palos Park police at 708-448-2191.

The Cook County Department of Homeland Security also has a list of cooling centers for suburban Cook County and the City of Chicago, which may open on a 24/7 basis if needed.

Residents are advised to call ahead to make sure the cooling center is open. Government offices will be closed Friday, July 3 for the Fourth of July holiday.

If you have an outage, you can report your electric outage online, including on your smartphone or tablet. Or, if you prefer, call ComEd 24/7 at 1-800-Edison-1 (1-800-334-7661). You may also use one of these methods to report and/or track an outage.

• Report a power outage online
• Report an outage via text and social media
• You can also track outages via the outage map, which will give you an estimated restore time.