[PiePiper]

I live in Connecticut and never heard of a swamp cooler. I just got back from visiting my daughter in Albuquerque, NM where the majority of houses do have swamp coolers (luckily my daughter has central air). The houses are very close and you can sit in the living room and see the neighbors roofs. I have to confess that I watched the neighbor on his roof the entire afternoon playing with his swamp cooler and thought central air would be so much easier.