Beat The Heat At These Cooling Centers Around Alsip-Crestwood

ALSIP-CRESTWOOD -- It’s deja vu all over again. Heat and high humidity will return this weekend, with temperatures soaring into the high 90s and possibly breaking into the double digits. The National Weather Service has issued its second excessive heat watch for the month of June, remaining in effect Friday morning through Saturday evening.

An excessive heat watch means that prolonged period of high temperatures is expected. The combination of high temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat-related illnesses are possible. Expect afternoon highs in the mid to up 90s and low 80s in the evening. Peak heat Indices will be in the 105 to 110 degree range, according to the National Weather Service.

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 think someone needs a well-being check and you can’t get there yourself.

If your power goes out, your air conditioner breaks, here are cooling centers where you can go to beat the heat around Alsip and Crestwood:

Crestwood Recreation and Wellness Center
5331 W. 135th St., Crestwood
Monday-Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.;
Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Crestwood Public Library
4955 W. 135th St.
Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Sunday

Alsip Village Hall
4500 W. 123rd St.

Alsip-Merrionette Park Library
11960 South Pulaski Road, Alsip
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Illinois Department of Human Services
3301 Wireton Rd. Blue Island

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

If you have an outage, you can report your electric outage online, including on your smart phone 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 an 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