Kansas City opens cooling centers, offers free swimming hours so you won’t die

One of the less-than-great parts about living in Kansas City is the godawful summer heat. It’s muggy, it’s miserable and it can be deadly. By early August last year, six Kansas Citians were suspected to have died from heatstroke.

The city has just announced the hours of cooling centers and free swimming at municipal pools. At the risk of sounding like your mother: If you don’t have air conditioning, please bookmark this list or print it off and stick it somewhere, because sitting and reading a book or playing Angry Birds on your phone for a couple of hours at a community center could save your life.