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# curated.facility_cool_centers_2021
City of Houston designated cool centers (99 libraries, community and multi-service centers), HARC 2021 list (99 rows; category: Facilities; geometry column `geom` (Point, EPSG:4326))
Notes: The best single answer to "where are the cooling centers": attrs->>'Facilities' name, attrs->>'Street_Loc', attrs->>'Operation_Hrs', attrs->>'numDays' open days per week. A 2021 list; the city activates sites per heat event. County-run sites are separate: add curated.facility_hcpl_libraries where attrs->>'SelectedCoolingCenter' = '1'. Only call a place a designated cooling center if it is on one of these lists (this table, the county 2024 list, or an HCPL branch with SelectedCoolingCenter = '1'). Other libraries and community centers may be open and cool, but say so plainly rather than calling them designated. If an area has no designated site, say that first.

Fields (expression | type | filled/distinct in a sample | values or examples):
- objectid | bigint | 99/99 | e.g.: 75; 96; 13
- attrs->>'Capacity' | string | 99/54 | e.g.: 0; 60; 45
- attrs->>'City' | string | 99/1 | values: Houston
- attrs->>'Facilities' | string | 99/96 | e.g.: Moody; Lakewood; Denver Harbor
- attrs->>'Fac_Type' | string | 99/4 | values: Community Center; Libraries; Multi-use Centers; Libraries 0731
- attrs->>'image' | string | 99/8 | values: 2871/9576582653_ee042a1a7f_z.jpg; 7281/9576388665_4d1678c572_z.jpg; 3783/9579371224_003e8dc3a6_z.jpg; 2840/9576581647_5df00a102e_z.jpg; 5527/9579371818_21a41379b2_z.jpg; 5453/9576582119_3f5345d86c_z.jpg; 5458/9579372450_4913440e79_z.jpg; 7313/9579372234_4305847f94_z.jpg
- attrs->>'Key_Map' | string | 99/57 | e.g.: 0; 494H; 493E
- attrs->>'link' | string | 99/2 | values: http://www.stthom.edu/public/index.asp?page_ID=10*;  
- attrs->>'link2' | string | 99/2 | values: http://www.stthom.edu/public/index.asp?page_ID=100088&Page_N; http://www.houstontx.gov/health/MSC/acreshomesmsc.htm
- attrs->>'numDays' | number | 99/3 | values: 6; 5; 7
- attrs->>'Operation_Hrs' | string | 99/29 | e.g.: M 10-8 • T 10-6 • W 10-6 • Th 12-8 • F 12-6 • Sa 10-6; M-Th: 8 am -6 pm; F: 8 am-6 pm; M-F: 8 am-5 pm
- attrs->>'Ref_ID' | number | 99/89 | e.g.: 0; 65213; 32345
- attrs->>'State' | string | 99/1 | values: Texas
- attrs->>'Street_Loc' | string | 99/99 | e.g.: 2510 Willowick; 11101 S. Gessner; 8835 Long Point
- attrs->>'URL' | string | 99/4 | values: https://farm3.staticflickr.com/; https://farm8.staticflickr.com/; https://farm4.staticflickr.com/; https://farm6.staticflickr.com/
- attrs->>'Zip_Code' | string | 99/50 | e.g.: 77020; 77009; 77004
attrs values are text: cast when comparing numbers, e.g. (attrs->>'PCI')::numeric.