Air conditioners are a hot commodity in Nashville as heat wave impacts Tennessee

(27 Jun 2024)
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Nashville, Tennessee - 25 June 2024
1. Tight on a window AC unit sitting on a cart
2. Wide of Marvin Cox loading out a AC unit
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Marvin Cox, community outreach director, Metropolitan Action Commission:
"OK, You're in our location where we have the air conditioners for our summer cooling program. We've been able to assist over 24 families over the last, since Thursday. We know it's been very hot, 96, 97 degrees temperature here in Nashville. Probably one of the hottest Junes I feel like I've been a part of, but we just want to be a blessing to families, especially seniors, families with young children. We know it gets hot. Their physical well-being is very important to us. So we want to make sure we can serve as many families as we can."
4. Mid of Marvin Cox loading an AC unit into a car
5. Wide pan of AC units in storage
6. Mid of Marvin Cox moving AC units on a cart
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Marvin Cox, community outreach director, Metropolitan Action Commission:
"Well, last year was our biggest summer. We had about over 200. So with this heat wave that's going now we just got 60 in. So I can assume that we're going to have another hot summer. So, we might even pass that what we did last year. But we want to be prepared and ready just in case."
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Marvin Cox, community outreach director, Metropolitan Action Commission:
"It's important because we don't want situations where individuals have to wait over a period of time and something might happen to them. So we want to serve them promptly. That's why we had the air conditioners on hand. We want to make sure they're eligible. If they're here, we can get it loaded up and they can take it home that same day."
9. Wide of Marvin Cox loading in a AC unit into a person's car
STORYLINE:
Air conditioning units are a hot commodity in Nashville as this week's heat wave sent temperatures into the high 90s.

But some residents found relief through Nashville's Metropolitan Action Commission, which offers free window AC units to seniors, families with young children and people with medical conditions that are affected by the heat.

This week Nashville and Memphis were under heat advisories and the heat index in both cities got above 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday.

Cooling centers were opened in both cities, while Nashville’s Office of Homeless Services and other community service organizations performed heat checks and offered rides to shelters and cooling centers.

Marvin Cox, the community outreach director who handles the air conditioner program, said the AC units lining the shelves in his office are a hot commodity this time of year. They gave away more than 200 units last summer and this summer have been sending them out as soon as they get new units because time is essential to preventing heat-related illnesses.

Cox said he's been hearing from people that apply that their whole-house AC units are failing to keep up against the ongoing back-to-back days of high temperatures and humidity.
“We know it’s been very hot, 96, 97 degrees temperature here in Nashville. Probably one of the hottest Junes I feel like I’ve been a part of," said Cox.



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