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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'.

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; 200
- 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.: 77004; 77020; 77009
attrs values are text: cast when comparing numbers, e.g. (attrs->>'PCI')::numeric.