As record-breaking heat waves cripple the West, air conditioning units and swamp coolers have malfunctioned or stopped working in at least three Nevada state corrections facilities. “We haven’t had air conditioning for at least 45 days,” Leslie Meier, who is incarcerated at Jean Conservation Camp, located about 20 miles outside Las Vegas, told the Current. […]
It’s because they smell like a swamp if you forget to clean them often enough. /S
Why the \s? What makes you so sure that isn’t the real reason?
If that isn’t the reason, then my guess would be that they’re called that because they increase the humidity of the room, making it feel like a swamp.