Where To Beat The Heat In DC

With the temperatures reaching the 100s this weekend, and many residents still without power from the deadly storm last Friday, it can be hard to find a place to get out of the dangerous heat.

According to NBC Washington, Pepco has announced expects to restore power to 90 percent of customers affected by 11 p.m. Friday and Virginia’s Dominion hopes to hit that mark by Thursday.

Make sure to drink lots of fluids, stay in the shade or indoors in air conditioning and take frequent breaks from strenuous outdoor work.

The DMV offers cooling centers during extreme heat.  Call 311 for detailed information about cooling center locations.

Find out more about local cooling centers here.

Below are several cooling centers and pools that will be open this weekend along with their hours of operation.

D.C.

·Anacostia Neighborhood Library, 1800 Good Hope Road, SE

·Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, 3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW

·Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Road, NE

·Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R Street, NW

·Lamond-Riggs Library, 5401 South Dakota Avenue, NE

·Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW

Montgomery County

·Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

·Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda (10 a.m. – 8 p.m.)

·Chevy Chase Library, 8005 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

·Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda (1 – 8 p.m.)

·Gaithersburg Interim Branch at Lakeforest Mall, 701 Russel Avenue Suite D201, Gaithersburg (1 – 9 p.m.)

·Germantown Library, 19840 Century Boulevard, Germantown (10 a.m. – 8 p.m.)

.Ling Branch Library, 8800 Garland Avenue, Silver Spring (1 – 8 p.m.)

·Potomac Library, 10101 Glenholden Drive, Potomac (1 – 8 p.m.)

·Rockville Memorial, 210 Maryland Avenue, Rockville (10 a.m. – 8 p.m.)

·Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton (10 a.m. – 8 p.m.)

Prince George’s County

All community centers listed below will serve as cooling centers from 1-9 p.m. unless noted:

· Baden Community Center, 13601 Baden-Westwood Road, Brandywine

· Potomac Landing Community Center, 12500 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington

· Palmer Park Community Center, 7720 Barlowe Road, Landover

· Lake Arbor Community Center, 10100 Lake Arbor Way, Mitchellville

· Glassmanor Community Center, 1101 Marcy Ave., Oxon Hill

· Camp Springs Senior Activity Center (for seniors only), 6420 Allentown Road Camp Springs (1 – 6 p.m.)

· St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 14900 Annapolis Road, Bowie (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

· Laurel Armory Anderson-Murphy Community Center, 422 Montgomery St., Laurel (11 a.m. – 9 p.m.)

The following Pr. George’s facilities will continue 24-hour service:

· Northwestern High School, 7000 Adelphi Road Hyattsville

· Kentland Community Center, 2411 Pinebrook Ave., Landover

POOLS

The following pools will be open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 7th AND Sunday, July 8th

-Volta Park Pool (1555 34th Street NW) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

-Jelleff Recreation Center Pool (3265 S Street NW) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

-Theodore Hagans Jr. Pool (3201 Fort Lincoln Drive NE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

– Ward 7: Benning Park Pool (5100 Southern Avenue SE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

-Kelly Miller Pool (4900 Brooks Street NE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

-Douglass Pool (1921 Fredrick Douglass Court SE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

-Oxon Run Pool (501 Mississippi Avenue, SE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The following pools will be open from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 7th AND Sunday, July 8th:

– Ward 1: Banneker Recreation Center Pool (2500 Georgia Avenue NW) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

– Ward 2: Francis Pool (25th & N Street, NW) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

– Ward 4: Upshur Recreation Center Pool (4300 Arkansas Avenue NW) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

– Ward 5: Harry Thomas Sr. Pool (1743 Lincoln Road, SE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

– Ward 6: Randall Pool (25 I Street SW) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

– Ward 7: Fort Dupont Pool (830 Ridge Road, SE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

– Ward 8: Barry Farm Pool (1230 Sumner Road, SE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Fort Stanton Pool (1800 Erie Street, SE) || Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

• All Children’s Pools will operate on their normal schedule from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.