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SHELTERS OPEN
Lists Of Current Shelters Open In West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio

Reported by: Send eMail Dan Matics
Videographer: Dan Matics
Web Producer: Mamie Buoy
Also Contributing: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Jun. 30, 2012 11:09 AM EDT
Updated: Jul. 3, 2012 12:23 PM EDT

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Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia

With no power, thousands of people are stuck in the middle of a heat wave with no air conditioning.

Shelters and Cooling Stations:

Boone County:
Racine Fire Department
Danville Fire Department
Community centers in Boone County that are open or are opening as shelters are Danville, Orgas, Morrisvale and Wharton.

Cabell County:
Church of God 10th Avenue and 23rd Street (Comfort Station Open from 1pm to 8pm)
Salvation Army 1227 12th Avenue
Ona Volunteer Fire Department 2900 Howells Mill Road
WV American Water Company (Water Station) Kinetic Park Drive
Big Sandy Arena
Beard Mortuary 3001 3rd Avenue in Huntington

Fayette County:
Church of God in Fayetteville on Maple Street
Lewis Center in Oak Hill
Mt. Hope Fire Department
Water tanks behind the PMC in Oak Hill

Jackson County:
Rivervalley Health and Wellness in Ravenswood from 7am-5pm
Ripley High School and Fairplan Elementary will open at noon Saturday
Evans Church of God on Route 87 will open Monday from 1pm-9pm

Kanawha County:
Aldersgate United Methodist Church - 6823 Sissonville Drive
The Charleston Civic Center
Chesapeake Fire Department
Clendenin Fire Deptartment
Cross Lanes Bible Church
1st Church of the Nazarene - South Charleston
Dunbar United Methodist
Dupont Middle School
Hansford Senior Center - St. Albans (opens at 2pm Monday)
Kanawha County Public Libraries
The King Center - Charleston
Kanawha City Rec Center
Marmet Community Center
Marmet Living Faith Church
Nitro Fire Department
Nitro Pool
North Charleston Recreation Center
Perrow Church, 5345 Big Tyler Rd, Cross Lanes
Pinch Central Fire Station
The Spirit Life Fellowship 6th Street, Dunbar-(304) 766-0215
Spring Fork Baptist Church - Campbell's Creek
St. Mark's United Methodist - Charleston
St. Paul's United Methodist Church - 20th Street, Nitro
St. Albans Lakewood Fire Station
St. Albans Fire Station
Tyler Mountain Community Center
West Virginia State University - Student Union

Lincoln:
Middlefork Church Route 3 in Hamlin
Lincoln Primary Care Wellness Center Lynn Avenue Hamlin
Harts Volunteer Fire Dept Route 10
Duval School Route 3 Griffithsville
MacCorkle Community Center Ely Fork in Sod
Alum Creek Fire Department is providing bottled water for residents

Mason County:
Point Pleasant High School

Putnam County:
Calvary Church on Poplar Fork beside of Teays Valley Fire Department (Shelter)
YMCA in Teays Valley
Mt. Vernon Batist Church
Teays Valley Church of God (Shelter)
Judson Baptist Church Bills Creek Road


Raleigh County:
The Dream Center on Pinewood Drive

Kentucky:
Boyd County:
Poage Masonic Lodge-1500 Central Avenue, Ashland
Ashland Fire Station 1-Carter Avenue
Ashland Fire Station 3-South 29th Street at Beech Street
England Hill Fire Department-Mayo Trail at Paddle Creek, Catlettsburg
Westwood Christian Baptist Church-743 Wheatly Road, Westwood
East Fork Fire Department-State Route Three, Catlettsburg


Ohio:
First Baptist Church of Ironton, 400 Vernon Street Ironton, OH
Chesapeake Nazarene Church, 817 3rd Avenue Chesapeake, OH - cooling station and overnight sheltering as needed beginning July 1 at 5 p.m. until there is no longer a need
South Point Fire Dept. 104 Eisenhower Street South Point Ohio 45680



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