"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 12:46:09 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-07-13 12:10 PM, sf wrote:
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>> > Now it's coming out that swamp coolers put humidity into the air which
>> > is the last thing you'd want in the Midwest and South. I think it's
>> > true for the East coast too. They have high humidity with soaring
>> > temperatures.
>>
>>
>> July around here is hot and humid. For the locals, hot is mid 80s. A
>> lot of us have dehumidifiers to remove the moisture from the air, and
>> that makes it seem cooler. Some years ago I was in the interior of BC
>> which is a semi dessert and high altitude. It was much hotter than it
>> ever gets here, but the humidity was low so it felt much nice. One of
>> the advantages of air conditioners is that they also act to reduce
>> humidity.
>>
> When I was a kid, we survived summers in Michigan without an air
> conditioner by using a dehumidifier. Not saying one made a huge
> difference (we probably should have had one in every room), but at
> least the heat was more tolerable.

We lived on Cape Cod for 5 years and only had AC for perhaps 5 months and
only then in one room. I got the dehumidifier for the basement perhaps the
second year that we lived there. By then the damp smell was unbearable.
The humidity was so high there that I had to empty out the until twice a
day. Perhaps I should have gotten one for the upstairs as well.