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The State DEC issued this statement:
AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN
AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF OZONE. THE
AIR QUALITY INDEX...OR AQI...WAS CREATED AS AN EASY WAY TO
CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE SCALE. THE HIGHER
THE AQI VALUE...THE GREATER THE HEALTH CONCERN.
WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED...THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS
OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH
EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF
ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, AND THOSE WITH
PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE.
THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL
PHYSICIAN.
Mayor Brown has announced cooling centers will be open for seniors as temperatures are expected to be in the 90s this week.
The following locations will be open through Thursday:
· Abley Senior Citizens, 24 Ludington Street , 9AM-6PM
· Autumnwood Senior Center, 1800 Clinton Street, 9AM-8PM
· CAO, 422 Pratt, 9AM-8pm
· Senior Ctr. at Richmond Street and Summer, 9AM-8PM
· Delavan-Grider Community Ctr.-877 East Delavan, 9AM-8PM
· Edward Saunders Community Ctr.-2777 Bailey Ave., 9AM-9 PM
· Father Belle Center, 104 Maryland Street, 9AM-9 PM
· Friends to the Elderly, Inc. (Dorothy Collier Center) 118 East Utica, 9AM-5:30PM
· Gloria J. Parks Community Center, 3242 Main Street, 9AM-6:30 PM
· North Buffalo Community Center, 203 Sanders Road, 9AM-8PM
· Northwest Community Center, 155 Lawn Avenue, 9AM-8PM
· Old First Ward Community Center, 62 Republic Street, 9AM-8PM
· Schiller Park Senior Center, 2057 Genesee Street, 9AM-6PM
· Seneca Babcock Community Center, 1168 Seneca Street, 9AM-6:30 PM
· Valley Community Association Senior Citizens, 93 Leddy Street, 9AM-8PM
· West Side Community Services, 161 Vermont Street, 9AM-9PM
· William-Emslie YMCA Senior Center, 585 William Street, 9AM-8PM