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'I can't handle the heat': Temps hover around 100 Thursday
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At the Compassion Services Center in the International District on Thursday afternoon, Virginia Archuleta and her husband, Manuel Archuleta Sr., put damp bandanas on their faces and took sips of water as temperatures flirted with the century mark.
According to the National Weather Service in sa国际传媒官网网页入口, the high at sa国际传媒官网网页入口 International Sunport reached 100 degrees, just shy of the record of 101 set in 2010.
Lovelace Health System spokeswoman Whitney Alcantar said in an email that a handful of people were treated for heat-related illnesses Thursday, just like Manuel Archuleta had been hours earlier.
On Wednesday, Virginia said she and Manuel went to the homeless shelter while Manuel was feeling ill, and 鈥渢hey were like, 鈥極h my God, put (a wet towel) around his neck. Here are some waters.鈥欌��
Manuel later went to a local hospital with heatstroke, but he is doing better.
The hot weather has not only impacted people but pets like Compassion resident Jerry Jackson鈥檚 10-year-old dachshund-Chihuahua mix named Brownie, who cooled his paws in the center鈥檚 鈥減uppy pool.鈥�
鈥淚 can鈥檛 handle the heat,鈥� Jackson said. 鈥淗e can鈥檛 either.鈥�
Interfaith Bible Church Pastor Joanne Landry said she opened the cooling center about three years ago because 鈥渨e know New Mexico鈥檚 weather and a lot of our homeless folks are not healthy. So they come in get rehydrated, or if they are dizzy, we wet them down and give them something to drink.鈥�
Thursday was a reminder that it can get rough for people and animals alike, and Friday and Saturday could be just as tough for Brownie and the Archuletas.
According to the National Weather Service, temperatures could again reach triple digits on Friday, while Saturday is slated to be 99 degrees. A heat advisory will be issued from noon to 7 p.m. Friday.
Marshall said there will be daily chances of thunderstorms through the area with high temperatures dropping into the low 90s on Sunday and high 80s on Monday before going back into the mid-90s.
When temps are projected to hit 100, the city of sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Parks & Recreation Department on Wednesday activated Operation Cooldown 2024, under which the city offers 鈥渟prinkler play鈥� at four alternating parks.
Additionally, the city said unhoused people can go to resource centers like HopeWorks, The Rock at Noonday, sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Health Care for Homeless, First Nations, and God鈥檚 Warehouse to take showers and stay cool. For more information, call 768-HELP (4357) or visit .
