Vintage home with a swamp air cooler

Swamp Coolers Swamp coolers are an efficient and effective machine for cooling. As a direct placement for air conditioning in dry climates like Oklahoma, Utah and Nevada, it is an example of how man can work with nature. Being so much less expensive than air conditioning, it almost seems that we are getting something for nothing. This short essay explains part of the fascination with the evaporative cooler phenomenon. The way a swamp cooler operates is very simple. There is a low horsepower motor which pumps the water from the floor of the cooler to the top of the cooler, where it proceeds to fall down the sides, along porous filter pads. A second motor drives a fan which pulls air from the outside, through the cooler, and then pushes it into the hot room. The significant cooling action is the water evaporating as the air passes through it. (Incidentally, the water level is kept constant with the help of a floating sphere functioning similar to the one in the toilet bowl.) The hot air enters the cooler, where two small motors power nothing more than a fan and a pump, in order to send cool air into the hot room.  The way the air is cooled in the cooler, is similar to the way evaporating sweat cools the human body. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used wet mats (what we would call cooling pads today) to cool indoor air. They hung the mats over the doors of their tents and other dwellings. When wind blew through the mats, evaporation of the water cooled the air inside. The people of India later used this method to cool the royal palaces. During the 1500's the first mechanical fan was built to provide ventilation. In 1800, textile manufacturers in New England began using water evaporative systems to condition the air in their mills. The systems consisted of large "cooling towers" with fans that transported the water-cooled air inside buildings. In 1939 "swamp cooler" type devices were produced and presented relief from heat for homes and facilities. They cooled the temperature on certain days, when the relative humidity was low, around 8 degrees.

The Swamp Cooler The swamp cooler is so perfect For cooling in the dry climate states It’s cheap and efficient as well It was genius for someone to create It’s better than an air conditioner It’s clean and fresh and unique It is an invention truly needed For so many households to keep The concept goes back to ancient times Clear back to the 1500’s, my friend To cool the royal palaces Can you believe that was a trend? It’s certainly something to think about On a hot night as you sleep in your bed These days of high electricity bills You might consider a swamp cooler instead! Marilyn Lott © 2008 - 150

My niece and husband with horses
on the McCornack Home Place

The World of Mom: My mom taught me If you do settle in the North and bear children, don't think they will automatically accept you as a Yankee. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call 'em biscuits.

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Weathered and Worn There's a barn in a field of a farm of days gone by When the land was tilled by horses and by man No modern machinery, was seen upon this land But today there is a sign that it was grand It must have taken many men to harvest all the crop And I'm sure they all worked hard and did their share I think they must have helped each other as neighbors use to do There's still a sign that farm had plenty there That barn's still standing all alone among the weeds Its doors are now shuttered and they're worn The paint that use to grace its sides are all but peeled away The roof has shingles missing now and torn It is a stately size as far as barns were built back then It has the stalls and rooms beyond those doors The hayloft still has bits of grain the critters left to dust There is a hitching post inside the door The horses that it sheltered must have been a farmer's pride The rings that held the ropes are still intack This barn that now is weathered and worn Can only serve to bring good memories back ImAuthor4U

Another Red Dirt poem by John Love to touch a fence post and feel the red dirt Swamp Coolers Early day farmers learned to live with hot With temperatures about 100F many a day Sweat and hard work were always normal From the sweat there was never a holiday With swamp coolers it became possible to To turn water into cool, a lifelong dream The life style of farmers started to change As a good night’s sleep became the routine

Learn to know Don 1. Some of the qualities I especially like about people at Spanish Cove are these: 2. You don’t pretend to be perfect. 3. You are who you are and accept one another’s imperfections as they accept yours. 4. You strive for quality of life over quantity. 5. You stay active, engaged and live purposeful lives. 6. You work on the things that make you better, and better you become. 7. Your end result is you are living longer better. 8. You come from a generation whose last name and hometown represented deeply rooted character and values that helped define who you are. 9. You not only brought this with you, but you have applied it to Spanish Cove as if it were your hometown.

Historical Photo by John When I worked for living

A Spanish Cove special memory Roy, Russell, Marvin attending a meeting of The Literary Preservation Society (2015)

Photo by Roy Privott Carl on T-box #2 at The Links at Mustang Creek (2015) Bob is watching to make sure it is done correct.