As temperatures surged to record-breaking highs Tuesday, the residents of Cohen Florence Levine Estates Assisted Residing have been cooling off within the ocean at Revere Seaside.
“The annual trip came into being when residents mentioned how much they missed swimming in the ocean and feeling the sand beneath their feet,” organizers from Cohen Florence Levine Estates mentioned. “The staff turned their request into reality and now the event, in its fourth year, is a highlight of the year.”
Thirty residents from the assisted residing facility, from 70 to 104 years previous, joined in for the day on the seashore via 2 p.m. Tuesday. The day consists of lunch from Bianchi’s, accessible water actions, video games and extra, organizers mentioned.
DCR gives seashore accessible floating wheelchairs for the occasion, permitting many residents to entry the water.
“It’s a lot to coordinate as some of the residents use walkers or are in wheelchairs, but it all went very smoothly,” mentioned Communications Supervisor Debbie Weisberg.
Weisberg mentioned the journey brings again “happy memories of years spent on Revere Beach or other beaches in the area” for a lot of residents. Resident Rita Singer, 93, Revere’s former first feminine metropolis councilor, mentioned she “looks forward to this trip every year.”
“What can be better than a day at the beach with my closest friends?” mentioned resident Peggy Ferreira. “We eat, we play in the water, we relax and best of all, we laugh!”
On Tuesday, temperatures broke the every day document in Boston, reaching a excessive of 99 levels as of 5 p.m. The previous document for July 29 was set in 1933 at 97 levels, mentioned NWS meteorologist Andrew Loconto.
Although Tuesday is predicted to be the height of the warmth, a warmth advisory for Boston and a big part of Massachusetts stays in impact via Wednesday.
“(Wednesday’s) forecast calls for high temperature in the Boston area around the lower 90s,” mentioned Loconto. “So it should be a little bit cooler, but it’s still going to be pretty hot and also pretty humid.”
The warmth is predicted to interrupt some Wednesday afternoon, with a chilly entrance bringing a danger for some showers and thunderstorms later within the day, Loconto mentioned.
Later within the week, temperatures are anticipated to take a sudden flip to the “unseasonably cool,” Loconto mentioned.
“We’ll have a lot of cloud cover around, sort of an onshore breeze,” mentioned Loconto. “Temperatures Thursday and Friday are only going to be low to mid-70s, with a lot less humidity, but there’s going to be a good amount of rain around as well.”
The meteorologist reminded folks to restrict publicity, keep away from strenuous actions, keep adequately hydrated, watch out of youngsters and pets in scorching automobiles, examine on at-risk people, and take different precautions whereas the warmth wave stays.
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