Where To Find Cooling Centers In the Palos Area: Extreme Heat Advisory Issued

PALOS, IL — The scorching heat is back, with an extreme heat advisory in effect from Wednesday morning through Thursday evening. Expect afternoon highs in the 90s and low 80s in the evening, with a possible heat index of 110 to 115 degrees F, according to the National Weather Service.

The one-two punch of high heat and humidity could create a dangerous situation in which heat-related illnesses are possible.

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 you think someone needs a well-being check, and you can’t get there yourself, or if you see someone struggling on the street.

If your power goes out, your air conditioner breaks, don’t have air, or just want to give your electric bill a break, here are cooling centers where you can go to beat the heat around Palos:

Kaptur Administration Building (if needed), 8999 W. 123rd St., Palos Park
Palos Park Metra Station, 123rd Street and 82nd Avenue
Palos Park Recreation Center, 8901 W. 123rd St.
Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St.
Palos Hills Resource & Recreation Department, 8455 W. 103rd St.

Chicago Ridge Emergency Management Building
10655 S. Oak Ave., Chicago Ridge

Worth Township Center
11601 S. Pulaski Road, Alsip
Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, closed Friday.
People should provide own transportation.

Illinois Department of Human Services
3301 Wireton Rd., Blue Island

Palos Park police will also be conducting senior well-being checks over the next few days. If you need a well-being check or would like to request someone to stop by older family members homes for a check-in, call Palos Park police at 708-448-2191.

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 smartphone 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 a power 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