Savannah residents have multiple options to escape dangerous heat conditions today as the National Weather Service warns temperatures could feel like 115 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83c\udf21\ufe0f Why It Matters:<\/strong> Extreme heat can be deadly, especially for children, elderly residents, and people without reliable air conditioning. The city is mobilizing resources to keep people safe during what forecasters are calling potentially life-threatening conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udfe2 Where to Find Relief:<\/strong> Five community centers across Savannah are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, according to the City of Savannah’s Office of Communications. The Delaware Center on Lincoln Street, Moses Jackson Center on Richards Street, Tompkins Regional Center on Ogeechee Road, Windsor Forest Community Center on Briarcliff Road, and W.W. Law Regional Center on Bolton Street are all available as cooling centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udca6 Cool Off in the Water:<\/strong> Four city pools are extending hours with two sessions daily – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Ten splash pads throughout the city are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., including the popular Forsyth Park location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udfe0 Help for Homeless Residents:<\/strong> Three partner organizations are providing daytime cooling relief for people experiencing homelessness. Union Mission on Fahm Street opens at 8:30 a.m., Come As You Are on Pennsylvania Avenue serves from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and The Salvation Army on Montgomery Street operates from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The CSAH Outreach Team is available all day at 912-784-1794.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc34 The Big Picture:<\/strong> The heat advisory runs until 8 p.m. and the city is taking the threat seriously enough to enforce its equine safety ordinance. Horse-drawn carriage tours must stop operating when the heat index exceeds 110 degrees. Officials are reminding residents to drink plenty of fluids, stay indoors when possible, and never leave children or pets in vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Sources:<\/strong> City of Savannah Office, National Weather Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Savannah residents have multiple options to escape dangerous heat conditions today as the National Weather Service warns temperatures could feel like 115 degrees. \ud83c\udf21\ufe0f Why It Matters: Extreme heat can be deadly, especially for children, elderly residents, and people without reliable air conditioning. The city is mobilizing resources to keep people safe during what forecasters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":224639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"above","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[15672,13894,10110,9911],"class_list":["post-227702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-cooling-center","tag-cooling-centers","tag-heat","tag-heat-wave","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}