Temperatures are plummeting, as the east coast gets slammed by an arctic blast. The state Department of Emergency Management is responding by opening warming centers across the state.
The colder than normal temperatures in Rhode Island are hitting dangerously low levels. Wind chills well below freezing make frostbite and hypothermia real risks if you’re outside.
In response Rhode Island’s Department of emergency management has opened more than a dozen warming centers in Newport, South Kingstown, Pawtucket, and East Greenwich, among others, to help the public keep warm.
The department also offers some tips for keeping safe in the frigid temperature: Dress warmly even for short trips outside. Watch out for symptoms of frostbite, which includes loss of color in extremities, and hypothermia which includes memory loss, drowsiness and slurred speech.
Warming Centers, 1/7/15 – 1/8/15
Coventry:
Senior Center
50 Wood St.
Wed – Thurs: 8 am – 5 pm
East Greenwich:
East Greenwich Police Department, Community Room
176 First Ave
Wed – Thurs: 8 am – 4:30 pm
Swift Community Center
121 Pierce St
Wed – Thurs: 8 am – 4:30 pm
East Providence:
Riverside Library
475 Bullocks Point Ave
Wed – Thurs: 8 am – 9 pm
Senior Center
610 Waterman Ave
Thurs: 8 am – 4 pm
Weaver Library
41 Grove Ave
Wed – Thurs: 8 am – 9 pm
Exeter:
Exeter Public Library
773 Ten Rod Rd.
Tues – Thurs: 10 am – 8 pm
Fri – Sat: 10 am – 5 pm
Hopkinton:
Town Council Chambers
1 Town House Rd.
Thurs: 9 am – 3 pm
Middletown:
Middletown Library
700 West Main Rd
Mon – Thurs: 9:30 am – 8 pm
Fri – Sat: 9:30 am – 5 pm
Sun: 1 pm – 5 pm
Middletown Senior Center
650 Green End Ave
Mon – Fri: 9 am – 4 pm
Middletown Town Hall
350 East Main Rd
Mon – Fri: 8 am – 4 pm
Narragansett:
Narragansett Library
35 Kingstown Rd
Mon – Thurs: 9:30 am – 8:30 pm
Fri: 9:30 pm to 5 pm
Newport:
Donovan Manor, Chapel Street Side Lobby
19 Chapel St
Mon – Fri: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Edward King House
35 King St
Mon – Fri: 9 am – 4 pm
Florence Gray Center, Main Lobby
1 Shimoda Way
Mon – Fri: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Newport Public Library
300 Spring St
Mon: 12:30 pm – 9 pm
Tues – Thurs: 9:30 am – 9 pm
Fri – Sat: 9:30 am – 6 pm
Sun: 1 pm – 5 pm
Seamen’s Church Institute
18 Market Square
Mon – Fri: 6:45 am – 4 pm
Will remain open Wed at 6:45 am until close of business on Fri at 4 pm
North Kingstown:
North Kingstown Senior Center
Beach St
Mon – Fri: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
North Kingstown Free Library
100 Boone St
Mon – Thurs: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Fri – Sat: 9 am – 5 pm
North Smithfield:
Scouter’s Hall
13 Main St, Slatersville, RI
Will open on an as needed basis.
Pawtucket:
Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, 1st Floor
175 Main St
Wed – Thurs: 10 am – 4 pm
Leon Mathieu Senior Center
420 Main St.
Wed – Thurs: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Pawtucket Public Library
13 Summer St.
Wed – Thurs: 9 am – 8:45 pm
St. Germain Manor, Community Room
475 Mineral Spring Ave
Wed – Thurs: 12 pm – 10 pm
Portsmouth:
Portsmouth Multi-Purpose Senior Center
110 Bristol Ferry Rd
Mon – Fri: 9 am – 4 pm
Smithfield:
Smithfield Senior Center
1 William J. Hawkins Trail
Thurs – Fri: 8 am – 4 pm
South Kingstown:
Hale Library
2601 Commodore Perry Highway, Wakefield, RI
Mon: 10 am – 5 pm
Tues: 1 pm – 8 pm
Wed – Fri: 1 pm – 5 pm
Kingston Free Library
2605 Kingstown Rd, Kingston, RI
Mon – Tues: 10 am – 6 pm
Wed: 10 am – 8 pm
Thurs: 12 pm – 8 pm
Fri – Sat: 10 am – 5 pm
Neighborhood Guild
325 Columbia St, Peace Dale, RI
Mon – Fri: 7 am – 9 pm
Peace Dale Library
1057 Kingstown Rd, Peace Dale, RI
Mon – Tues: 9 am – 8 pm
Wed – Thurs: 9 am – 6 pm
Fri – Sat: 9 am – 5 pm
Senior Center
25 St. Dominic Rd, Wakefield, RI
Mon – Fri: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Warwick:
Pilgrim Senior Center
27 Pilgrim Parkway
Mon – Fri: 8:30 am – 4: 30 pm
Warwick Public Library
600 Sandy Lane
Mon – Thurs: 9 am – 9 pm
Fri – Sat: 9 am – 5 pm
Sun: 1 pm – 5 pm
Westerly:
Westerly Public Library
44 Broad St
Wed: 9AM-8PM
Thurs: 9AM – 6PM
West Warwick:
Police Annex/Youth Drop-in Center
40 Factory St.
Mon – Fri: 9 am – 5 pm
Will open on an as needed basis outside of normal business hours.
Woonsocket:
Woonsocket Library
333 Clinton St.
Wed – Thurs: 9 am – 9 pm
Woonsocket Senior Center
84 Social St.
Wed – Thurs: 8 am – 4 pm
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