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You know I was just in the UK and people acting like 82° was a freaking heat wave and they’re boiling and dying and then you come here and to Miami and complain that it’s 90° and it’s killing you make up your mind man
@@leeproffitt69 "You know I was just in the UK and people acting like 82° was a freaking heat wave " It is, because they have no AC over there. It's silly, just buy a portable AC unit, Londoners! I can understand up in Scotland not needing AC, but it definitely gets hot in southern England. 🙂Here in Silicon Valley, I have it going because it's 86 F (30 C) outside. 🙂
Shaun, I already responded to it! I'm not sure if I will be able to go...I'm going through some stuff financially....but when you propose it we'll see what my situation is 🙂
I live in Delray, Florida....it's about 1 1/2 hours north of Miami. Yeah, you definitely picked the wrong time of year to visit! It's always nasty in the summer, but this year I think is the worst it's been in a while! Come back in January, February, or March...the weather is perfect then! Keep up the good work amigo and I'm glad you made it through the heat!!! Lol
Miami native here. I’m sure many folks below have told you no one visits Florida in the Summer. The heat is oppressive if your not used to it and the Atlantic Ocean feels like warm bath water. I made the same mistake going to Las Vegas in the Summer. I won’t repeat that mistake again. Now you know why we love air conditioning so much.
@gradypowell5391, I can attest to that, since back a number of years ago, I came down to nearby Ft. Lauderdale for a 3-day school, and when we first arrived, the moment I stepped out of the taxi, instantly my shirt was drenched. I looked over at a young local gal sitting out in the heat, checking people in. I noticed she was "bone dry", so I asked her if she wasn't hot. "No.", she casually replied. The next morning, I stepped outside, and took a stroll down to the nearby beach, where I sat in the surf for quite some time. I'm sure the guys riding their bicycles by at almost racing pace, looked at me, and thought, "Must be one of those crazy northerners."🤨
Getting off the airplane in Miami is like hitting a wall of thick air from the awful humidity. I realized just how hot South Florida is when my Panamanian mother in law complained about the heat.
South Florida is not that hot, it's much hotter in North Florida. South Florida is almost always just in the 80s and North Florida during the summer is usually in the mid-90s.😊😊
@@jeffhampton2767 Miami has more humidity though as it’s classified subtropical. I lived in Ft.Lauderdale for 12 miserable years and now live 30 miles from Orlando.
@Nanasays0731 heat generated by city. I've been there in the summer, and felt like I wanted 3 showers a day. I can be fine here, go 3 hrs to NYC, and the sweat will pour off me. Heat in Boston or NYC in summer is...city heat
Hey Shaun .. there's an interesting video that explains the geography behind the USA's climate . It has to do with the difference in east west ocean currents on the USA east coast vs the west coast as in makes a circle from one pole to the other. In the east the direction brings hot water from the equator up along the coast towards the Arctic. So in the summer it makes the east coast hot. On the west coast the currents bring the warm equator water up to the Arctic then it returns down the west coast .. so the Pacific water is colder. If you live on the east coast ... those who can leave Florida in the summer and head north to the cooler climate then return for the autumn. I just stay inside until the sun sets before I go to the beach or use the pool in the summer.
The heat sucks for sure. I live in FL and work outside. You have to get used to constantly being drenched in sweat no matter what you are doing. Nothing at all like the heat in the Western US.
😂 Being a Floridian all my life. 55 years. I can tell you that you NEVER get used to the heat. We went barefoot all our young lives. We have soles on our feet too 😅. The humidity is at another level once you cross the Everglades. I love visiting Miami but I couldn't live there. Off to fill out your form now, Shaun. 😊
@@lauralee83I grew up in Pennsylvania and live in the Pennsylvania mountains, at the moment. I grew up in a house with seven people and my mother did not allow us to walk around barefooted. We were told to walk around in our socks or in slippers. My mother was a little on the strict side. Walking around barefoot can lead to athlete's feet or you can step on a nail or a tack or a piece of glass or even get stung by a bee. I'm wearing socks right now at my desk. The only time we are barefoot is when we go swimming. 😊😂😂
One thing I like about you both is that you like to go swimming and eat good food from the area, both things is exactly what I do when I go on vacation in the tropics and that is eat delicious food and go swimming on the beach😊
She will have to answer to that particular restaurant, but in general, Cuban, Texan, Brazilian, it's pretty much always the same thing. I do know that Puerto Ricans put in a little bit of cream cheese in theirs, which gives it a more firm texture for people who don't like the runny texture of a flan. Cubans might do it as well, but if you're a purist, you wouldn't do that.
The last few years there have been record numbers of sharks coming to breed in Florida waters -mostly on the Atlantic coast. There are areal videos taken showing just how close they are to swimmers but because humans aren’t considered their food source they usually stay out past the breakers. Sharks have relatively poor vision so “attacks” are just them testing to see if something is good to eat. Most bites occur at night (dusk to dawn) & in murky waters.
As a Miami Beach resident I can confirm that it doesn't necessarily get cooler at night in the Summer, it just gets dark. This is why Miami is a Winter holiday destination.
I am a cool weather lover and the hot/humid weather of Florida or any tropical climate makes me ill. I went several times and got sick from the climate. I grew up in Michigan and always preferred the cold winters over the humid summers. There are a lot of people like me.
@@j.w.greenbaum7809 I grew up in MI. Hate humidity, but also hate cold winters. I'm fine on the coast of RI. We haven't broken 90 yet, though we do have 100% humidity some days. But it rarely goes below 10 degrees, and I only have to shovel snow maybe 1-2x/yr.
@@jeffhampton2767 There are exceptions : I have literally passed out in hot/humid climates and get sun poisoning if I am out near the ocean. My doctors have told me there are people who are very sensitive to hot weather and react like I do. Even people who don’t have this sensitivity die from heatstroke on very hot days. Since I was a child I felt ill in the hot days of summer.
It's the time of the year you came to visit. The summer here is brutal. I always tell my friends to come here from October to March. The weather is beautiful. Nothing like a Florida winter 🌴🥥🌴
Shaun and Teka, the first time I was there was way back in 1976, but the majority of my experience was in the airport. Even then, I heard more Spanish than English. Nowadays, there's also French and Portuguese, courtesy of the decent-sized Haitian and Brazilian populations. But, even back then, it was a definite cross-cultural experience, to say the least. I may have pointed out in the past that Miami holds the unofficial title of "Capital of Latin America", since about 52% of Miami-Dade County residents were born outside the United States, while 71.9% of the population spoke a language other than English at home [in 2022]. Which city's heat do you find more difficult to deal with--Miami's or New Orleans's?
I'm in Ft Lauderdale, this year just feels hotter than normal. I'm here over 20 years, and still not used to the heat! It will be gorgeous weather from November thru March which is when all the crowds return.
As a native East Texan I can attest to heat and humidity reaching deadly levels sometimes. It can kill you and you have to be careful especially as you get older. 🥵
In the early 1900’s Miami was *THE* destination spot for wealthy vacationers. It fell into a bad state of neglect & disrepair in the 60s but had a major resurgence beginning in the mid-late 1980s. By the early 90s all the amazing Deco architecture had been restored and beginning with South Beach (SoBe) it had returned to its former title of vacation hotspot, especially during the winter months.
It's not really summer until you walk out and your glasses fog up and you feel like you're in a sauna 🥵 That's when I fill up the hotel ice bucket and bring a sweater because I know the AC will freeze me. Just remember this heat when winter hits and you're waiting at a bus stop 🥶 I hope the Cuban food was good.
The humidity is killer! But you learn to live with it. I’ve stayed in all parts of the USA over my 72 years and chose to live in Flarda. About 4 months it’s rough. Then, everywhere else will not compare. Even in the winter the water isn’t as cold as the W Coast.
Hahaha!!! Yes, that's Miami. Too hot during the day except for young fit kids who can access shade and water. Still humid (muggy) at night, and in constant search of air conditioning with intermittent feasting on Caribbean food. You understand the summer life here perfectly. Locals try to stay indoors between 11am and 5pm during the summer when ever possible. The best time to be outside is between October and April or May.
Nobody would be in Florida without A/C. There is a museum I believe in Collier County near Fort Myers that has letters written by soldiers who were fighting the Seminole Indians back in the Seminole Wars in the early 1800s. The gist of the letters are lamenting why they are fighting in such a God forsaken land with disease and mosquitos, and the land should just be given back to the native Americans.
Florida, not just Miami can be brutal in August. We made the mistake of going to WDW in August because of the good hotel rate. We could last maybe 3 hours at the parks. I am used to dirt biking in 90-105 degree California dry heat. Florida 90 degree heat with humidity just sucks the life out of you.
Most likely man of war or jellyfish. They are known to show up a lot on Florida’s shores. Sharks don’t go too far inland at the height of summer. They definitely don’t get into the shallows that often. They prefer places like the estuaries where salt meets fresh. The beaches are far away from any estuaries. Maybe needlefish but it’s rare. Possible barracuda. That’s the only stuff that really is that bad around Florida.
I am originally from Maryhill Glasgow. Despite living in New York City for over 30 years, I still cannot handle excess humidity with August being the worst month. What is it with us Scots & humidity? Best always Shaun from Manhattan NY.
I am Irish American and never had a problem with heat and humidity because I was always skinny. Now that I'm older and in my 60s and gained 50 lbs heat has become a real problem😊
I have been to Miami and Fort Lauderdale and Key West many times and it's warm, but I don't find it that hot. In the winter it's usually in the low 80s and in the summer it's usually in the upper 80s, night time can be warm and humid but you just dress for it. Northern Florida is hotter and there are many other areas in the South and in Texas and in the desert States they get up into the 100s. The reason why you're having such a problem is because you're from Scotland which is a cold climate country. Even in the summer time in Scotland you mostly stay in the 60s. You don't even really get much of a summer. 😮
I agree with your advice. Its like wintering in New England on the Atlantic ... it gets brutal Although, I will say the climate control is Miami .. is better than late winter in L.A when the HVAC is more like a blow dryer ... than a house heater
Here in Scotland summer time we get higher than 15c (60) 😂 Been a overall shit summer in Scotland lots of days rain, all clouds. But had a few days in between with sunshine and over 20c 🌞
Shaun, Europeans (not you, but many) always act like AC is unnecessary, and that may be true in some parts of Europe, but definitely not in most areas in North America 🙂 If my choices were Miami or Paris in the summer, I would definitely go with Miami, because Paris is equally hot in summer, but refuses to run AC, whereas any kind of enclosed space in Miami has AC 🙂 I'm running it here in Silicon Valley because it's 30 degrees centigrade outside, and that would be very hot indoors! My AC unit is set to 22.77 centigrade 🙂
@@The_Crucible714 " most people in the US lived without it until mid-last century." Most people in the world lived without electricity for thousands of years. What's your point? It gets hot in Florida, AC is needed. Just like here in California. As long as your grid is clean there's no problem. If your country uses mostly fossil fuel for power, address that, but meanwhile, you still need AC, if it gets hot.
I don’t know how people could live without it, especially in the summer. AC wasn’t around during many of our grandparents generation. Now kids are saying the same thing about iPhones. Prior to the flip phones of the 1990s cordless land-lines were the only mobile phones, that’s barely 25 years ago! 🤯
@@The_Crucible714 As an older person I had a speculation about why air conditioners are more important now. Back in the day the houses had more natural air flow. Tons of windows and screened doors. Some houses were made of wood which might stay cooler? Also, the houses had awnings or wrap around porches which means the windows were always shaded. My family had bed room wall units which we turned on for parties and maybe sleeping in the summer. It also wasn't as hot. Making the houses more hurricane sturdy also seems to have made them more difficult to cool. Not sure.
I went to Miami in April and the weather was perfect and it was a really really great time Miami Beach is the coolest place South Beach is pretty nice except it's flooded with cockroaches giant ones.... But besides that I totally love Miami Florida, Southern Florida, really all of Florida 🌸
@@JynRoh I can tolerate the heat in Arizona more than I can the heat in florida. The humidity in the South makes it so oppressive. I've Been to Spain in June and I remember one year it was 114° at 1:00 p.m. we were back inside by 3 or 4:00, so we don't know what the hottest part of the day was. But most people there have air conditioning, and I feel really badly for the people who live on an upper floor and do not have air conditioning. I don't know how they survive
I have lived in Florida and I currently live in Phoenix. I think they are both equally miserable, in different ways of course! I have also spent weeks with no electricity or air after hurricanes a few times while living in Florida. No fun. And to end it, I spent years in Spain with no air too but back than, nobody had it! I thank my air conditioning every day now that I'm back in Phoenix.
I have been swimming on beaches on the east coast of the United States since the 1960s and have when swimming at many Florida beaches and Miami Beach many times not once in my entire life have I ever seen a shark😊
We have had atracks on people and kayaks on Cape cod, and here in Rhode island, we have seen a whale shark which is not dangerous, just a really interesting thing to see
@jeffhampton2767 I didn't either! It was just doing what basking sharks do, basking! But it is rare here. They told people to stay out of the water and stay away from it. Since it was at the Town beach, it had some people disappointed, but it was still pretty cool. And what kind of whale was it that supposedly swallowed the guy from Cape Cod last year was it a basking shark or was it a humpback?
@@LindaC616I just watched the video of the man you said was swallowed by a whale which happened to be a humpback whale. He wasn't actually swallowed because a whale's throat is too small to swallow a human so the man was actually spit out back into the ocean😂😂😂
Hardly anyone travels to Miami in the summer for a vacation. By the way, Arizona is even hotter in the summer. Nobody goes there for vacation in the summer either. Having said that, i love your videos and the entertaining way that you describe your experiences in America.
I didn't write this...but it is so funny that I had to share....LOL So you're moving to Florida....I have some truths for you. Yes it is beautiful here. That's about it. When you get here, you're going to endure one of the most horrible environments you have ever coped with. It's HOT and I don't mean sitting in front of a wood stove enjoying it hot, I mean you are going to sweat every ounce of liquid you have drank in the last 20 years out of your crotch and off your back. The bugs here are going to move into everything you think you have secured and laugh at you when you look inside and see them partying like extinction is tomorrow. The flying bugs will bite every part of your body, you can not cover up your body because of the heat and they know it. The ticks are going to crawl up your legs and nestle up like they own you. Back to the heat, because that's what’s most important. We dont have winter here… or fall, or spring..... we have 7 days of freezing weather in February and we go straight back to 100 degrees. The leaves fall here because they died from the heat. It's wet here. Water comes from the top, water comes from the bottom, water leaks into your house, water wets you on your way in, water flows wherever it wants whenever it wants and it will destroy your belongings and you.....right after water happens.....steam. You will pressure cook until you are tender. Your belongings will rot and rust within a day. When it doesn't rain, you're going to catch on fire and burn, you and your woods and your house and your pet cat and this will be the only time in your life that water decides not to come. You will endure sand. Sand will become an everyday, every second part of your life and you will learn to give up. You will clean the interior of your luxurious car for 7 hours and 15 minutes later there will be sand, it will jump into your car before you even close the door, it will follow you into your house and jump in your recliner while you're fumbling with the thermostat on your air conditioner waiting to get on you, the sand that is already on you will get in a fight with the sand in the recliner and you will lose their fight. The little bit of grass and weeds you have will never stop becoming a jungle. It will grow 10 feet high in exactly 7 days into the sand on your roof and you will have to pull the weeds on your roof and mow your roof grass. The bugs in your yard and on your roof will bite you on your leg like wild chainsaws every time you go outside. The hitchhiker weeds will swim in your washing machine and only stick to your underwear. You will want to go swimming.....along with the other 97 million people who also want to go swimming in the same spot. You will buy a pool, it will turn green every other day and you will never be able to stabilize it because of the sky floods, apocalyptic sun rays and their friend algae. Your pool will drink shock like beer and party with the algae overnight. You will constantly prepare for hurricanes. You will tie your yard down, your house, your belongings and the hurricane will never come until the moment you are not prepared. The moment you forget that hurricanes exist, it will come and wipe out your entire life, every tree will fall, every power line will fall, your generator will not run and you will be without power for at least a week in this heat. You will want gas in your car so you can sit in it with the ac on...but you won't get gas, because 97 million people already bought all the gas on their way to I95 the day before. These are just a few things you should know about "Beautiful Florida". So pack your bags and head on down here, but don't blame us for not telling you!
You forget, I come from a country where the most exotic animal we have is a house cat. It’s fascinating to me to be in a place that has sharks and alligators
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You know I was just in the UK and people acting like 82° was a freaking heat wave and they’re boiling and dying and then you come here and to Miami and complain that it’s 90° and it’s killing you make up your mind man
@@leeproffitt69
"You know I was just in the UK and people acting like 82° was a freaking heat wave "
It is, because they have no AC over there. It's silly, just buy a portable AC unit, Londoners! I can understand up in Scotland not needing AC, but it definitely gets hot in southern England. 🙂Here in Silicon Valley, I have it going because it's 86 F (30 C) outside. 🙂
Shaun, I already responded to it! I'm not sure if I will be able to go...I'm going through some stuff financially....but when you propose it we'll see what my situation is 🙂
I live in Delray, Florida....it's about 1 1/2 hours north of Miami. Yeah, you definitely picked the wrong time of year to visit! It's always nasty in the summer, but this year I think is the worst it's been in a while! Come back in January, February, or March...the weather is perfect then! Keep up the good work amigo and I'm glad you made it through the heat!!! Lol
Miami native here. I’m sure many folks below have told you no one visits Florida in the Summer. The heat is oppressive if your not used to it and the Atlantic Ocean feels like warm bath water. I made the same mistake going to Las Vegas in the Summer. I won’t repeat that mistake again. Now you know why we love air conditioning so much.
As A Native Miamian,You Do Get Used To It.Late October to Early March The Weather Is Very Nice.
@gradypowell5391, I can attest to that, since back a number of years ago, I came down to nearby Ft. Lauderdale for a 3-day school, and when we first arrived, the moment I stepped out of the taxi, instantly my shirt was drenched. I looked over at a young local gal sitting out in the heat, checking people in. I noticed she was "bone dry", so I asked her if she wasn't hot. "No.", she casually replied. The next morning, I stepped outside, and took a stroll down to the nearby beach, where I sat in the surf for quite some time. I'm sure the guys riding their bicycles by at almost racing pace, looked at me, and thought, "Must be one of those crazy northerners."🤨
@@jimgreen5788 Lol
Getting off the airplane in Miami is like hitting a wall of thick air from the awful humidity. I realized just how hot South Florida is when my Panamanian mother in law complained about the heat.
South Florida is not that hot, it's much hotter in North Florida. South Florida is almost always just in the 80s and North Florida during the summer is usually in the mid-90s.😊😊
@@jeffhampton2767
Miami has more humidity though as it’s classified subtropical. I lived in Ft.Lauderdale for 12 miserable years and now live 30 miles from Orlando.
@Nanasays0731 heat generated by city. I've been there in the summer, and felt like I wanted 3 showers a day. I can be fine here, go 3 hrs to NYC, and the sweat will pour off me. Heat in Boston or NYC in summer is...city heat
I am Panamanian as well living in South Florida and I can't take the summers here 😂😂😂❤❤❤🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦
@@LindaC616
Think it’s because everything is so close together?
Hey Shaun .. there's an interesting video that explains the geography behind the USA's climate . It has to do with the difference in east west ocean currents on the USA east coast vs the west coast as in makes a circle from one pole to the other. In the east the direction brings hot water from the equator up along the coast towards the Arctic. So in the summer it makes the east coast hot. On the west coast the currents bring the warm equator water up to the Arctic then it returns down the west coast .. so the Pacific water is colder. If you live on the east coast ... those who can leave Florida in the summer and head north to the cooler climate then return for the autumn. I just stay inside until the sun sets before I go to the beach or use the pool in the summer.
The heat sucks for sure. I live in FL and work outside. You have to get used to constantly being drenched in sweat no matter what you are doing. Nothing at all like the heat in the Western US.
I grew up in Homestead Florida which is about 30 miles south of Miami. It was HOT and HUMID. But I loved it. Best childhood ever!
😂 Being a Floridian all my life. 55 years. I can tell you that you NEVER get used to the heat. We went barefoot all our young lives. We have soles on our feet too 😅. The humidity is at another level once you cross the Everglades. I love visiting Miami but I couldn't live there.
Off to fill out your form now, Shaun. 😊
I'm 64 years old and never once in my entire life have I ever walked around barefooted😂😂😂
@jeffhampton2767 lol 😆 seriously? My husband is from Maine and never did either.
I should add that we just get rid of the soles with a nice pedicure 😆
@@lauralee83I grew up on a lake in MI. Spent summers without shoes, in a bathing suit and shorts 😊
@@lauralee83I grew up in Pennsylvania and live in the Pennsylvania mountains, at the moment. I grew up in a house with seven people and my mother did not allow us to walk around barefooted. We were told to walk around in our socks or in slippers. My mother was a little on the strict side. Walking around barefoot can lead to athlete's feet or you can step on a nail or a tack or a piece of glass or even get stung by a bee. I'm wearing socks right now at my desk. The only time we are barefoot is when we go swimming. 😊😂😂
One thing I like about you both is that you like to go swimming and eat good food from the area, both things is exactly what I do when I go on vacation in the tropics and that is eat delicious food and go swimming on the beach😊
Shaun, please ask Teka how the Cubano flan compares to our flan in Texas or what they have in Brazil. It looks delish.
She will have to answer to that particular restaurant, but in general, Cuban, Texan, Brazilian, it's pretty much always the same thing. I do know that Puerto Ricans put in a little bit of cream cheese in theirs, which gives it a more firm texture for people who don't like the runny texture of a flan. Cubans might do it as well, but if you're a purist, you wouldn't do that.
You are never far away from a shark any time you are in the ocean in Florida, and most shark attacks happen in less than 6 feet of water 😊🦈
The last few years there have been record numbers of sharks coming to breed in Florida waters -mostly on the Atlantic coast. There are areal videos taken showing just how close they are to swimmers but because humans aren’t considered their food source they usually stay out past the breakers. Sharks have relatively poor vision so “attacks” are just them testing to see if something is good to eat. Most bites occur at night (dusk to dawn) & in murky waters.
As a Miami Beach resident I can confirm that it doesn't necessarily get cooler at night in the Summer, it just gets dark. This is why Miami is a Winter holiday destination.
I am a cool weather lover and the hot/humid weather of Florida or any tropical climate makes me ill. I went several times and got sick from the climate. I grew up in Michigan and always preferred the cold winters over the humid summers. There are a lot of people like me.
@@j.w.greenbaum7809 I grew up in MI. Hate humidity, but also hate cold winters. I'm fine on the coast of RI. We haven't broken 90 yet, though we do have 100% humidity some days. But it rarely goes below 10 degrees, and I only have to shovel snow maybe 1-2x/yr.
Yea, hilarious but you'd expect a Scottish guy like him to be ignorant about the heat.
@@j.w.greenbaum7809I don't like it if it's too cold or too hot. And more people die in the winter😮
@@jeffhampton2767 There are exceptions : I have literally passed out in hot/humid climates and get sun poisoning if I am out near the ocean. My doctors have told me there are people who are very sensitive to hot weather and react like I do. Even people who don’t have this sensitivity die from heatstroke on very hot days. Since I was a child I felt ill in the hot days of summer.
Try Saint Augustine and Pensacola in Florida
It's the time of the year you came to visit. The summer here is brutal. I always tell my friends to come here from October to March. The weather is beautiful. Nothing like a Florida winter 🌴🥥🌴
Shaun and Teka, the first time I was there was way back in 1976, but the majority of my experience was in the airport. Even then, I heard more Spanish than English. Nowadays, there's also French and Portuguese, courtesy of the decent-sized Haitian and Brazilian populations. But, even back then, it was a definite cross-cultural experience, to say the least. I may have pointed out in the past that Miami holds the unofficial title of "Capital of Latin America", since about 52% of Miami-Dade County residents were born outside the United States, while 71.9% of the population spoke a language other than English at home [in 2022].
Which city's heat do you find more difficult to deal with--Miami's or New Orleans's?
I'm in Ft Lauderdale, this year just feels hotter than normal. I'm here over 20 years, and still not used to the heat! It will be gorgeous weather from November thru March which is when all the crowds return.
As a native East Texan I can attest to heat and humidity reaching deadly levels sometimes. It can kill you and you have to be careful especially as you get older. 🥵
The most comfortable weather of the year in Miami and South Florida is generally from November through March.
In the early 1900’s Miami was *THE* destination spot for wealthy vacationers. It fell into a bad state of neglect & disrepair in the 60s but had a major resurgence beginning in the mid-late 1980s. By the early 90s all the amazing Deco architecture had been restored and beginning with South Beach (SoBe) it had returned to its former title of vacation hotspot, especially during the winter months.
It's not really summer until you walk out and your glasses fog up and you feel like you're in a sauna 🥵 That's when I fill up the hotel ice bucket and bring a sweater because I know the AC will freeze me. Just remember this heat when winter hits and you're waiting at a bus stop 🥶 I hope the Cuban food was good.
Scottish man in Miami. Bad combination Shaun! The heat and humidity in Miami takes some getting used to.
Shaun, I hope after experiencing the heat of American summers that you aggressively defend our need for & dependence on air conditioning!
Seeing people wearing sweat shirts & jackets in the beginning of Aug (mid-summer in the US)
at the street festival I was 🤯❗️
The humidity is killer! But you learn to live with it. I’ve stayed in all parts of the USA over my 72 years and chose to live in Flarda. About 4 months it’s rough. Then, everywhere else will not compare. Even in the winter the water isn’t as cold as the W Coast.
Hahaha!!! Yes, that's Miami. Too hot during the day except for young fit kids who can access shade and water. Still humid (muggy) at night, and in constant search of air conditioning with intermittent feasting on Caribbean food.
You understand the summer life here perfectly. Locals try to stay indoors between 11am and 5pm during the summer when ever possible. The best time to be outside is between October and April or May.
I love your videos 😍. Please keep uploading
Nobody would be in Florida without A/C. There is a museum I believe in Collier County near Fort Myers that has letters written by soldiers who were fighting the Seminole Indians back in the Seminole Wars in the early 1800s. The gist of the letters are lamenting why they are fighting in such a God forsaken land with disease and mosquitos, and the land should just be given back to the native Americans.
Miami is very hot, especially during August.
Hope you remembered the stingray shuffle
Florida, not just Miami can be brutal in August. We made the mistake of going to WDW in August because of the good hotel rate. We could last maybe 3 hours at the parks. I am used to dirt biking in 90-105 degree California dry heat. Florida 90 degree heat with humidity just sucks the life out of you.
Most likely man of war or jellyfish. They are known to show up a lot on Florida’s shores. Sharks don’t go too far inland at the height of summer. They definitely don’t get into the shallows that often. They prefer places like the estuaries where salt meets fresh. The beaches are far away from any estuaries. Maybe needlefish but it’s rare. Possible barracuda. That’s the only stuff that really is that bad around Florida.
Lol, I'm laughing because the comment straight above your says that most shark attacks happen in less than 6 ft of water😅
Summers in Miami is very hot and humid. Spending Winter there is very nice (and warm).
Two of the migration paths go of Miami Beach the The Great White and Crocodile the stay underwater but their are just under
That's what happens when you come to Fla in the summer time.
I am originally from Maryhill Glasgow. Despite living in New York City for over 30 years, I still cannot handle excess humidity with August being the worst month. What is it with us Scots & humidity? Best always Shaun from Manhattan NY.
I am Irish American and never had a problem with heat and humidity because I was always skinny. Now that I'm older and in my 60s and gained 50 lbs heat has become a real problem😊
I have been to Miami and Fort Lauderdale and Key West many times and it's warm, but I don't find it that hot. In the winter it's usually in the low 80s and in the summer it's usually in the upper 80s, night time can be warm and humid but you just dress for it. Northern Florida is hotter and there are many other areas in the South and in Texas and in the desert States they get up into the 100s. The reason why you're having such a problem is because you're from Scotland which is a cold climate country. Even in the summer time in Scotland you mostly stay in the 60s. You don't even really get much of a summer. 😮
I agree with your advice. Its like wintering in New England on the Atlantic ... it gets brutal
Although, I will say the climate control is Miami .. is better than late winter in L.A when the HVAC is more like a blow dryer ... than a house heater
I think he’s better equipped to deal with the frigid, northern US winters than the south during summer.
Here in Scotland summer time we get higher than 15c (60) 😂
Been a overall shit summer in Scotland lots of days rain, all clouds.
But had a few days in between with sunshine and over 20c 🌞
@@C--A I said it's mostly in the 60s in Scotland in the summer and yes you do get a lot of clouds and rain
Thank you for following the flag system. So many tourists ignore them, and then we end up on the news.
You guys should move to Florida!
Oh Geez did you guys visit here in August? It is the hottest time to come.
in the future come back to florida in march/april i think you like it a lot more. i prefer matervia over iron beer or jupina if you like pineapple
I love going to Florida in October❤
Shaun, Europeans (not you, but many) always act like AC is unnecessary, and that may be true in some parts of Europe, but definitely not in most areas in North America 🙂 If my choices were Miami or Paris in the summer, I would definitely go with Miami, because Paris is equally hot in summer, but refuses to run AC, whereas any kind of enclosed space in Miami has AC 🙂
I'm running it here in Silicon Valley because it's 30 degrees centigrade outside, and that would be very hot indoors! My AC unit is set to 22.77 centigrade 🙂
When I was a kid most of my older relatives hated air conditioning, most people in the US lived without it until mid-last century.
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" most people in the US lived without it until mid-last century."
Most people in the world lived without electricity for thousands of years. What's your point?
It gets hot in Florida, AC is needed. Just like here in California. As long as your grid is clean there's no problem.
If your country uses mostly fossil fuel for power, address that, but meanwhile, you still need AC, if it gets hot.
The heat and humidity in the South will absolutely suck the life right out of you!
July and August are not the best months to visit Florida.
Nor Texas. Shaun and Teka were melting when they were here in May a year ago. As the old Carpenter song says, We'd only just begun.
Yep, Central Florida here. No trade winds, all humidity 😂
Heck of a way to lose weight! 😂
Yes we damn near worship air conditioning in Florida 😂😂❤
Oh yeah. People just don't understand.
I don’t know how people could live without it, especially in the summer. AC wasn’t around during many of our grandparents generation. Now kids are saying the same thing about iPhones. Prior to the flip phones of the 1990s cordless land-lines were the only mobile phones, that’s barely 25 years ago! 🤯
@@The_Crucible714 As an older person I had a speculation about why air conditioners are more important now. Back in the day the houses had more natural air flow. Tons of windows and screened doors. Some houses were made of wood which might stay cooler? Also, the houses had awnings or wrap around porches which means the windows were always shaded. My family had bed room wall units which we turned on for parties and maybe sleeping in the summer. It also wasn't as hot.
Making the houses more hurricane sturdy also seems to have made them more difficult to cool. Not sure.
I went to Miami in April and the weather was perfect and it was a really really great time Miami Beach is the coolest place South Beach is pretty nice except it's flooded with cockroaches giant ones.... But besides that I totally love Miami Florida, Southern Florida, really all of Florida 🌸
You have to go from air conditioned space to air conditioned space most summer days ... take an uber or lyft ... then get back into climate control
I frickin live here! Why an the hell would I wanna go to Miami. I didn't leave anything down there.
Miami Hottest Place Ever?...You obviously haven't been to Phoenix in the summer yet...
I grew up in nm/az, they're so different on one hand the desert heat is more deadly, but i've always found florida heat to be way more unpleasant.
@@JynRoh I can tolerate the heat in Arizona more than I can the heat in florida. The humidity in the South makes it so oppressive. I've Been to Spain in June and I remember one year it was 114° at 1:00 p.m. we were back inside by 3 or 4:00, so we don't know what the hottest part of the day was. But most people there have air conditioning, and I feel really badly for the people who live on an upper floor and do not have air conditioning. I don't know how they survive
I have lived in Florida and I currently live in Phoenix. I think they are both equally miserable, in different ways of course! I have also spent weeks with no electricity or air after hurricanes a few times while living in Florida. No fun. And to end it, I spent years in Spain with no air too but back than, nobody had it! I thank my air conditioning every day now that I'm back in Phoenix.
The place to visit in August is Scotland.
I have been swimming on beaches on the east coast of the United States since the 1960s and have when swimming at many Florida beaches and Miami Beach many times not once in my entire life have I ever seen a shark😊
We have had atracks on people and kayaks on Cape cod, and here in Rhode island, we have seen a whale shark which is not dangerous, just a really interesting thing to see
@@LindaC616I didn't know there were whale sharks off the coast of Rhode Island that is very cool😊
@jeffhampton2767 I didn't either! It was just doing what basking sharks do, basking! But it is rare here. They told people to stay out of the water and stay away from it. Since it was at the Town beach, it had some people disappointed, but it was still pretty cool. And what kind of whale was it that supposedly swallowed the guy from Cape Cod last year was it a basking shark or was it a humpback?
@@LindaC616I just watched the video of the man you said was swallowed by a whale which happened to be a humpback whale. He wasn't actually swallowed because a whale's throat is too small to swallow a human so the man was actually spit out back into the ocean😂😂😂
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Hardly anyone travels to Miami in the summer for a vacation. By the way, Arizona is even hotter in the summer. Nobody goes there for vacation in the summer either. Having said that, i love your videos and the entertaining way that you describe your experiences in America.
Southern summer heat is tropical so it’s humid like a steam-bath. The heat out west is much drier, desert heat, like a sauna.
Actually tons of people from Worldwide and also Americans visit Miami (mostly at South Beach) in the summer.
You should do a Scotland trip
I live in Scotland.
Don't go to Florida in the summer...😅
Az is way hotter, not so humid
I didn't write this...but it is so funny that I had to share....LOL
So you're moving to Florida....I have some truths for you.
Yes it is beautiful here. That's about it.
When you get here, you're going to endure one of the most horrible environments you have ever coped with.
It's HOT and I don't mean sitting in front of a wood stove enjoying it hot, I mean you are going to sweat every ounce of liquid you have drank in the last 20 years out of your crotch and off your back.
The bugs here are going to move into everything you think you have secured and laugh at you when you look inside and see them partying like extinction is tomorrow. The flying bugs will bite every part of your body, you can not cover up your body because of the heat and they know it. The ticks are going to crawl up your legs and nestle up like they own you.
Back to the heat, because that's what’s most important. We dont have winter here… or fall, or spring..... we have 7 days of freezing weather in February and we go straight back to 100 degrees. The leaves fall here because they died from the heat.
It's wet here. Water comes from the top, water comes from the bottom, water leaks into your house, water wets you on your way in, water flows wherever it wants whenever it wants and it will destroy your belongings and you.....right after water happens.....steam. You will pressure cook until you are tender. Your belongings will rot and rust within a day. When it doesn't rain, you're going to catch on fire and burn, you and your woods and your house and your pet cat and this will be the only time in your life that water decides not to come.
You will endure sand. Sand will become an everyday, every second part of your life and you will learn to give up. You will clean the interior of your luxurious car for 7 hours and 15 minutes later there will be sand, it will jump into your car before you even close the door, it will follow you into your house and jump in your recliner while you're fumbling with the thermostat on your air conditioner waiting to get on you, the sand that is already on you will get in a fight with the sand in the recliner and you will lose their fight.
The little bit of grass and weeds you have will never stop becoming a jungle. It will grow 10 feet high in exactly 7 days into the sand on your roof and you will have to pull the weeds on your roof and mow your roof grass. The bugs in your yard and on your roof will bite you on your leg like wild chainsaws every time you go outside. The hitchhiker weeds will swim in your washing machine and only stick to your underwear.
You will want to go swimming.....along with the other 97 million people who also want to go swimming in the same spot. You will buy a pool, it will turn green every other day and you will never be able to stabilize it because of the sky floods, apocalyptic sun rays and their friend algae. Your pool will drink shock like beer and party with the algae overnight.
You will constantly prepare for hurricanes. You will tie your yard down, your house, your belongings and the hurricane will never come until the moment you are not prepared. The moment you forget that hurricanes exist, it will come and wipe out your entire life, every tree will fall, every power line will fall, your generator will not run and you will be without power for at least a week in this heat. You will want gas in your car so you can sit in it with the ac on...but you won't get gas, because 97 million people already bought all the gas on their way to I95 the day before.
These are just a few things you should know about "Beautiful Florida". So pack your bags and head on down here, but don't blame us for not telling you!
Dude! You are in Fla. There are gators, crocs, sharks here. Get over it.
You forget, I come from a country where the most exotic animal we have is a house cat. It’s fascinating to me to be in a place that has sharks and alligators
Az is way hotter, not so humid