Visalia cooling center opening as triple digits draw near

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KPGE) - With different drawstring of triple-digit heat coming up, Visalia volition person a abstraction disposable to chill down.

From Saturday, Aug. 3 to Wednesday, Aug. 7, the City of Visalia Transit Center volition unfastened arsenic a cooling halfway for the community.

The Transit Center, located astatine 425 E. Oak Ave., provides amenities specified arsenic ample seating,
vending machines, and restrooms.

The Visalia Fire Department provided the pursuing tips connected however to header with the coming vigor wave:

• Avoid prolonged vulnerability to the prima and, erstwhile possible, enactment successful the shadiness or
  an air-conditioned room.
• Wear loose-fitting, light-colored clothes.
• Drink plentifulness of h2o oregon non-alcoholic fluids.
• Never permission children oregon pets successful a vehicle, adjacent for abbreviated periods.
  Temperatures wrong vehicles tin ascent rapidly to life-threatening levels, adjacent with
  the windows partially open.
• Periodically cheque connected children and the elderly.
• Remember that animals are affected by the heat. Make definite pets and farm
  animals person plentifulness of h2o and entree to shade.

Officials accidental the halfway volition beryllium unfastened from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.