Roy > wrote in
:

> On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 11:49:15 AM UTC-6, KenK wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in
>> news:nmup2g$jrc$1@dont- email.me:
>>
>> > Apparently Washington state is the only state that escaped the high
>> heat
>> > today.
>>
>> I'm having my own private high heat this past month. About 6/15 The
>> 100K+ AZ town in live near had a week-long heat wave, around 115.
>> Then it returned to normal - high 90s, low 100s, once in a while low
>> teens. Out here in the farmland where I live, about 2 miles west of
>> town, it's consistently been around 15 degrees above theirs since
>> then. They report 100 on the radio weather report, 1 get 115.
>> Yesterday it was 113 there, 132 here. I'm afraid this is going to
>> last all summer. This has never happened before - the temperature in
>> both places was always close to the same. Must be a very local
>> phenomena, I've seen no mention in the newspaper. My usual source of
>> cooling, evaporative cooler, just blows hot air - the water in it
>> nust be too hot to cool the air. Very strange, Very miserable.
>>
>> No, it's not a defective thermometer, all three of my outside
>> thermometers agree.
>>
> Evaporator coolers compound the problem by releasing even more
> moisture into the air. If you had a proper air conditioner you would
> experience less discomfort. ====

In past years the swamp cooler worked fime as long as the humidy wasn't
too high. I've used one for decades. But in this case, extremely unusual
125+ temps, no help. Guess that's not what they were designed for.

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