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Swamp cooler

Posted By: Have one in AZ too on 2005-07-09
In Reply to: Swamp cooler. - Trying to stay cool.. sm

I have both a swamp cooler and AC here in AZ-- the cooler is MUCH cheaper to operate because the AC uses a big compressor and that's what runs up the electric bill.  The humidity has to be below 25% or they don't work very well, so when the monsoon season hits, I have to run the AC.  I have been to Florida in the summertime (I have relatives there) and I could hardly breathe!  The humidity was so bad I felt as though I had an anvil on my chest.  They live right on the Gulf, too.  I told my uncle I was burning up one day and he said it was only 80 some degrees so being from AZ, it shouldn't seem hot to me.  Then we watched the weather on TV-- the humidity was 98%-- so I told him that explained a lot!  I much prefer hot and dry!


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    Swamp cooler.
    Thanks for the info.  I looked it up on line and it's great if you live in low humidity areas.. but Florida in the summer is like walking out the door into a bowl of hot soup.  Thanks anyway.
    You know what woud be even cooler??
    Is if all the doctors who've found major medical errors in their reports were able to call the transcriptionists directly and ask them if they thought it was okay to screw up? Then they can also comment on what rotten pond scum you must be for making errors in their report!

    Yah! That'd be cool.
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