They even used to make swamp coolers for cars! They hung in the passenger side window.

My uncle's house in CT has an old A/C unit that uses well water as a coolant. It actually works, but does nothing to remove humidity, which those of us in the southeast know is the real problem.

they are great for Arizona and like climates. Don't have the drying affect of AC. But, NOT good in a humid atmosphere!!

We love our swamp cooler and it has burned up. DARN!! My skin is parched now. Waiting on new motor to arrive. Since we are very dry here with high desert climate a swamp cooler works really well and cost about $2.50 a month to run.

ML I am so sorry for your stifling heat this year. I have a friend in Birmingham and she has suffered this year with the humidity. I do not know how you all deal with the heat. I remember living in Brooklyn and taking a shower and feeling like I could not get dried off and hard to get dressed with clothes sticking to me.

Cooking dinner so time to munch on down.

chris

Shades, it is stifling this year. When it rains even a little, the air has a haze in it. It could be like a heavy fog. Sort of like living underwater.

sorry you lost your swamp cooler motor. I cannot believe it operates on just $2.50 per MONTH? Wow, what a bargain.
I have ceiling fans in just about every room now, and that is the only way I can deal with it. My a/c is set on 81, and the unit struggles to get it to that. No need to set it for 72 or anything unreasonably low, because it simply cannot get it close to that.

Besides, if it did, when you came inside it would shock your system. If I start feeling hot inside, I stick my head out the door for a while, and come back in. When the temp and humidity are both around 90 plus, even 10 degrees less is enough to keep you going.

Stay cool.

We've had a hazy, humid summer, too. It's been like August all summer--makes me miss the high desert, and the 'swamps.'

My DH likes to keep the AC cranked up. In addition to the cost factor, I think it's too cool, so when he's not looking, I set the thermostat on 80 degrees.

Thinking of jungle structures reminds me of mosquitoes, which we have to excess this year. We have to keep an eye on anything that holds stagnant water. And, we just had a massive rain storm that will have filled all the ditches, again.

We had a swamp cooler in the TX panhandle when I was growing up. I remember that it kept the house nice & cool then, but even the panhandle is more humid now than it used to be (not that I would ever call it humid) and most people have central air there now.

When we lived near Lubbock in the late 1970's, we had a swamp cooler on the roof that was ducted into every room. Let me tell you I thought we were really uptown with that. lol But there were days that were humid and it didn't feel like it was cool. Most of the time it was great.

No way could we have one here, though some people have them in their garage/shop where a refrigerated unit wouldn't work well since the doors are open all the time. This summer has been miserably hot and humid.

'I onnce designed a house like this for a friend.'

I saw on a home tv program that back when they built 'things' in the center of houses (and thru the roof) for that reason. can't remember what the 'things' were called tho...

I prefer a swamp cooler to a/c. they don't work as well during our monsoon season tho - mostly August. I'd like to have one but maybe best I keep the moisture out of the house because I'm allergic to mold...and my water supply isn't dependable since it's hauled here in a truck (when I need it I call them).

I've kept my bedroom cooler this yr than most in the past because of my girl - she wears a fur 24/7. She's in her elderly yrs now and overheats quickly. The humidity is difficult for her also. like mother, like daughter... lol!

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