By Hitman
City of Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The City of Corpus Christi will have five drive through Points of Distribution (PODS) for free bottled water from
3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, Friday, February 19.
Locations have been identified for each City Council District:
District 1 – Hilltop Senior Center, 11425 Leopard Street
District 2 – Corpus Christi-Nueces County Health District, 1702 Horne Road
District 3 – Natatorium, 3202 Cabaniss Road
District 4 – Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Road
District 5 – Bill Witt Park, 6869 Yorktown Boulevard
There is a limit of two cases of water per vehicle.
Please follow traffic cones and signage at each location in order to ensure smooth traffic flow and operation.
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Corpus Christi warming shelters donât see much usage Saturday
Patrick Johnstone/KRIS 6 News
By: Patrick Johnstone
and last updated 2021-02-13 19:20:49-05
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â The City of Corpus Christi has seven day-time warming shelters available for people to use to get out of the cold. The shelters are open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. through Wednesday, Feb. 17.
The locations are: Broadmoor Senior Center, 1651 Tarlton St.; Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Rd.; Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely Dr.; Oveal Williams Senior Center, 1414 Martin Luther King Dr.; Ben F. McDonald Public Library, 4044 Greenwood Dr.; La Retama Central Library, 805 Comanche St.; and Owen R. Hopkins Public Library, 3202 McKinzie Rd.
By Big Frank
Thermometer on snow shows low temperatures under zero.
People living in South Texas are not accustomed to extremely low temperatures and freezing weather conditions that are forecasted in the coming days.
The City of Corpus Christi will open the following senior centers and library locations as warming centers beginning
Friday, February 12 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and from
Saturday, February 13 through Wednesday, February 17 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The warming centers may remain open potentially through Thursday, February 18 depending on forecasted severe cold and inclement weather.
“Our City is opening warming centers early in order to protect those who are without shelter or heat,” Mayor Paulette M. Guajardo said. “I believe helping others who may be threatened by the cold temperatures must be a community priority.”