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Dec. 23, 2022
Contact: Dominique Shank, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, 614-512-0049 (cell)
Columbus Recreation and Parks Regional Warming Centers Open Saturday
COLUMBUS – With the bitterly cold temperatures lasting a second day, Columbus Recreation and Parks is set to provide five regional warming centers for residents. These five centers will be open from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 24;
All other community centers were scheduled to be closed Saturday. For updates, visit ColumbusRecParks.com.
To stay healthy and safe in extremely cold weather, Columbus Public Health suggests:
- Try to stay indoors. If you must go outdoors, make trips brief, dress in several layers of loose clothing and wear a hat and gloves.
- Stay dry and out of the wind.
- Cover your mouth to protect your lungs from extreme cold.
- Watch for signs of frostbite and hypothermia such as slurred speech, confusion, uncontrollable shivering, stumbling, drowsiness and body temperature of less than 95°. Get immediate medical attention if you think someone has frostbite or hypothermia.
- Keep emergency supplies in your car.
- Check on elderly family, friends and neighbors.
- Bring pets indoors.
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