It’s usually around this time of year when people are trying to escape the heat. But around Puget Sound we’re trying to escape the smoke.
The City of Seattle is now promoting its cooling centers as places to get indoors for cleaner air.
Here are the places you can go within city limits:
- Central Library, 1000 4th Ave., 206-386-4636
- Ballard, 5614 22nd Ave. NW, 206-684-4089
- Beacon Hill, 2821 Beacon Ave. S, 206-684-4711
- Broadview, 12755 Greenwood Ave. N, 206-684-7519
- Capitol Hill, 425 Harvard Ave. E, 206-684-4715
- Delridge, 5423 Delridge Way SW, 206-733-9125
- Douglass-Truth, 2300 E Yesler Way, 206-684-4704
- Greenwood, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N, 206-684-4086
- High Point, 3411 SW Raymond St., 206-684-7454
- International District / Chinatown, 713 8th Ave. S, 206-386-1300
- Madrona-Sally Goldmark, 1134 33rd Ave., 206-684-4705
- Magnolia, 2801 34th Ave. W, 206-386-4225
- Montlake Beach, 2401 24th Ave. E, 206-684-4720
- New Holly, 7058 32nd Ave. S, 206-386-1905
- Northgate, 10548 5th Ave. NE, 206-386-1980
- Rainier Beach, 9125 Rainier Ave. S, 206-386-1906
- South Park, 8604 8th Ave. S, 206-615-1688
- Wallingford, 1501 N 45th St., 206-684-4088
- Seattle Center Armory
- Asian Counseling and Referral Service Senior Center, 3639 Martin Luther King Way, 206-695-7600
- Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave. NW, 206-297-0403
- Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th Ave. S, 206-726-4926
- Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N 85th St., 206-297-0875
- Pike Place Market Senior Center and Food Bank, 85 Pike St. #200, 206-728-2773
- South Park Senior Center, 8201 10th Ave. S Suite 5, 206-767-2544
- The Senior Center of West Seattle, 4217 SW Oregon St., 206-932-4044
- Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St., 206-722-0317
- Sunshine Garden Chinese Senior Community Center, 611 S Lane St., 206-624-5633
- Wallingford Community Senior Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N Suite 140, 206-461-7825
Though no location is being promoted specifically as a place to escape the smoke, a spokesperson with the Snohomish Health District points out that the following locations are regularly open to the public:
- Arlington, Stillaguamish Senior Center, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd, Mon-Fri: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Brier, Brier Library, 23303 Brier Road
- Darrington, Darrington Library, 1005 Cascade Street
- Edmonds, Edmonds Library, 650 Main Street
- Everett, Carl Gipson Senior Center, 3025 Lombard
- Everett, Everett Mall, 1402 SE Everett Mall Way
- Everett, Everett Public Library Evergreen, 9512 Evergreen Way
- Everett, Everett Public Library Main Branch, 2702 Hoyt
- Everett, Everett Station Lobby, 3201 Smith Avenue
- Lake Stevens, Lake Stevens Senior, 3202 Soper Hill Road
- Lynnwood, Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave W
- Marysville, Marysville Library, 6120 Grove
- Mill Creek, Mill Creek City Hall, 15728 Main Street
- Monroe, Monroe Community Senior Center, 276 Sky River Parkway
- Monroe, Monroe Library, 1070 Village Way
- Mountlake Terrace, Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 - 58th Ave W.
- Mukilteo, Mukilteo City Hall, 11930 Cyrus Way
- Mukilteo, Rose Hill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Avenue
- Snohomish, Snohomish Library, 311 Maple Avenue
- Stanwood, Stanwood Senior Center, 7430 276th Street NW
- Sultan, Sultan Library, 319 Main Street, #100
The air remains unhealthy for everyone. An Air Quality Alert remains in effect until 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Air quality should start improving Thursday.
