Swamp coolers are the stupidest invention ever.
It’s been a busy week. On Friday we came home to the serene sound of a waterfall. Then it was less serene when we opened the door and realized the waterfall was in our house, and it was coming down the stairs. This resulted in a frantic call to the landlord, turning off the water to the swamp cooler, a lot of mopping, and industrial fans going for four days straight. I can’t hear right now, but the house is mostly dry.
And that is the story of why swamp coolers are the stupidest invention ever. Also, the carpet cleaner guy told us that swamp coolers are the stupidest invention ever. Not that I needed a second opinion.
For those of you who are blessed and do not know what a swamp cooler is (but realize that by the name, it’s probably messy), it is essentially a fan that blows over water pipes to create evaporative cooling. It sort of works. But sometimes in the winter, something gets frozen, and then it bursts when the landlord comes in the middle of the day when you’re not home to turn it on. Then three hours later, you arrive home and get to move all of your food from the cupboard (which is full of cascading water) into the living room, which is happily dry (because maybe the house is tilted towards the kitchen? I don’t know why it went that way).
Though they sprayed mildew spray (it probably has a better name than that), the place still sort of smells. I am once again filled with intense joy that I am moving in less than two weeks. However, there is a swamp cooler at the new place, too. Cross your fingers, I guess. At least this one won’t be turned on while we’re gone, so I can catch floods as they start instead of three to six hours later.