THIS AFTERNOON. YEAH, THIS IS THAT COOLING CENTER AT 200 MIDWEST BOULEVARD. THEY’LL BE OPEN UNTIL EIGHT THIS EVENING. WE SPOKE WITH A FAMILY WHO WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO ARRIVE. THEY’VE BEEN WITHOUT AC FOR 16 HOURS. HOW HOT IS IT INSIDE YOUR PLACE RIGHT NOW? IT’S ABOUT 9095 AND CLIMBING. AND CLIMBING. YES. IT WAS 83 AT 8:00 THIS MORNING. CHARLOTTE STEWART WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SHOW UP TO THIS COOLING CENTER IN MIDWEST CITY THAT OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AT NOON TODAY. SHE STRUGGLED TO FIND SOMEWHERE COOL TO STAY MOST OF THE MORNING. EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POWER. THIS MORNING. UM, EVERYTHING SLOWLY STARTING TO OPEN UP. NOT EVERYTHING, BUT QUITE A FEW PLACES ARE STARTING TO OPEN UP. BUT, UM, THIS IS THE ONE PLACE THAT WE KNOW WE CAN COME WHERE IT’S GOING TO BE NICE AND COOL FOR US. WE DEFINITELY HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT IF IF THEY NEED TO COOL DOWN, THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE WE’VE GOT SOME SPACE AND WE’RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM. JOSH RYAN, WITH THE CITY OF MIDWEST CITY SAYS THEY’LL KEEP THIS COOLING CENTER OPEN UNTIL EIGHT THIS EVENING, AND WILL HAVE WATER AND THE RED CROSS ON HAND. WE’VE GOT PLACES WHERE YOU CAN CHARGE YOUR PHONE. YOU CAN SIT AND RELAX. YOU CAN BRING SOME GAMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HANG OUT ALL DAY WITH US IF YOU’D LIKE. AND THE COOLING CENTER, AS WE SAID, DOES OPEN. IT STAYS OPEN UNTIL 8 P.M. THIS EVENING. THE CREWS HERE IN MIDWEST CITY WILL DECIDE TOMORROW WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL OPEN TOMORROW, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE OUTAGES STAND.
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Many in OKC metro left without power face dangerous heat Wednesday
With overnight storms knocking out power to thousands of residents in and around the Oklahoma City metro Tuesday, Wednesday’s extreme heat left many looking for a place to cool off.
With overnight storms knocking out power to thousands of residents in and around the Oklahoma City metro Tuesday, Wednesday’s extreme heat left many looking for a place to cool off.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Midwest City has a cooling center at 200 Midwest Boulevard open until 8 p.m. Wednesday. One family said they got to the facility just after the doors opened after being without air conditioning for 16 hours.“It’s about 90, 95 and climbing, yes it was 83 at 8 o’clock this morning,” said Sharla Stewart about the temperature inside her Midwest City home.Stewart was the first person to show up to this cooling center that opened at noon on Wednesday. She struggled to find somewhere cool to stay for most of the morning.>> Download the KOCO 5 App“Everything was closed because there was no power this morning, everything is slowly starting to open, not everything but a quite few places are starting to open up, this is the one place we know we can come where we know it’s going to be nice and cool for us,” Stewart said."We definitely have enough people if they need to cool down; this is a location where we’ve got some space, and we’re happy to provide that for them,” said Josh Ryan, a city employee.Ryan said they will have water and the Red Cross on hand at the facility. “We’ve got places where you can charge your phone, you can sit and relax, you can bring some games or something like, hang out all day with us if you’d like,” he said.The city will decide whether or not to reopen the cooling center tomorrow when they have an update on power outages in the city.Top Headline:Wind comparable to a hurricane hit Oklahoma Tuesday: What we knowDestructive winds brought widespread damage to OklahomaLocal renters face power outages, water issues and fallen pipesBritton Road in Oklahoma City sees extensive damageSevere storms cause thousands to lose power in central Oklahoma
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. —
With overnight storms knocking out power to thousands of residents in and around the Oklahoma City metro Tuesday, Wednesday’s extreme heat left many looking for a place to cool off.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
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Midwest City has a cooling center at 200 Midwest Boulevard open until 8 p.m. Wednesday. One family said they got to the facility just after the doors opened after being without air conditioning for 16 hours.
“It’s about 90, 95 and climbing, yes it was 83 at 8 o’clock this morning,” said Sharla Stewart about the temperature inside her Midwest City home.
Stewart was the first person to show up to this cooling center that opened at noon on Wednesday. She struggled to find somewhere cool to stay for most of the morning.
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“Everything was closed because there was no power this morning, everything is slowly starting to open, not everything but a quite few places are starting to open up, this is the one place we know we can come where we know it’s going to be nice and cool for us,” Stewart said.
"We definitely have enough people if they need to cool down; this is a location where we’ve got some space, and we’re happy to provide that for them,” said Josh Ryan, a city employee.
Ryan said they will have water and the Red Cross on hand at the facility.
“We’ve got places where you can charge your phone, you can sit and relax, you can bring some games or something like, hang out all day with us if you’d like,” he said.
The city will decide whether or not to reopen the cooling center tomorrow when they have an update on power outages in the city.
Top Headline:
- Wind comparable to a hurricane hit Oklahoma Tuesday: What we know
- Destructive winds brought widespread damage to Oklahoma
- Local renters face power outages, water issues and fallen pipes
- Britton Road in Oklahoma City sees extensive damage
- Severe storms cause thousands to lose power in central Oklahoma
