It's hard to keep all this heat bottled up without at least some cloudiness popping up, and Friday we should start to see clouds form with the afternoon triple-digit temperatures. It's not impossible ...

If you live in a dry climate — especially in the West and Southwest — air conditioning isn't your only option for keeping a room cool. A portable evaporative cooler (aka "swamp" cooler) does basically ...

What is a swamp cooler? Also known as an evaporative cooler, this device—which is about the same size as a room air conditioner—lowers the temperature in a home simply by adding moisture to the air.

Back in the day—before Facebook made it possible to embarrass yourself even when drinking alone—I worked at the Clinton Street Theater. It was there I encountered my first evaporative (aka swamp) ...

EL PASO, Texas — Families with swamp coolers sometimes feel it doesn't get quite cool enough in their homes. CBS4 On Your Side went to a business that sells replacement parts for swamp coolers, ...

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Which swamp cooler is best? When summer breezes get hot, and there isn’t an air conditioner available, a swamp cooler can help. Swamp coolers don’t provide the frosty chill of air conditioning, but ...