"But on Tuesday afternoon, as the heat index neared 110 degrees in the city, a number of those sites were closed. According to a recent announcement from the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORD), eight of the city’s 13 recreation centers — which double as cooling centers during the summer — are offline for 'post summer maintenance.'" https://veritenews.org/2026/07/28/many-of-citys-cooling-centers-closed-amid-dangerous-heat/ #PublicHealth #heat #climate #CoolingCenters #NewOrleans