One of the reasons series use Springfield as their location is because they do not have to say what state. It is left to the audience's imagination or preference.
The UK is very warm for how north it is because of the jet stream direction in the Atlantic Ocean which constantly brings "warm" water (and thus "warmer" temperatures) to the area
There are several inaccuracies in this video: As James noticed, the longest river is all of the Missouri plus the rest of the Mississippi downstream of their confluence in St. Louis. #44 -- The 50-mile (80-km) wide Bering Strait is almost certainly too wide for continental Russia to be visible from the Alaskan mainland. It's the islands of Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (U.S.) in the middle of the Strait that are within sight of each other. #43 -- It counts as one island each the nearly 150 islands of Puerto Rico (easy mistake) and the 50+ islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands (islands plural is in the name). #27 -- Saying Nebraska is "triply landlocked" is misleading. Minnesota does not have a seacoast, but it is not "landlocked." It has access to the sea via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. #1 -- The answer to "what state is the Statue of Liberty in?" is surprisingly complicated. You could say it's New York, New Jersey, and neither. The two states share governing responsibilities of Liberty Island with the federal government which owns the island. Northwestern Europe is warmed by the Gulf Stream Current that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to up the east coast of North America and then across the North Atlantic. Is this not common knowledge in the UK?
And if you want to be really pedantic, #38 - Mauna Kea isn't higher than Mount Everest. Mount Everest is still the highest mountain in the world, but Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world. And just to be extra confusing, Mauna Loa (which is mashed together with Mauna Kea to form the island of Hawaii) is the biggest mountain in the world. Think of it this way: A bird in flight (Everest) can be higher than a giraffe or an elephant. A giraffe (Mauna Kea) is taller than either a bird or an elephant. An elephant (Mauna Loa) is bigger than a giraffe or a bird.
Kansan here Kansas City actually goes through both Kansas and Missouri. So we have Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri but yes the stadium is in Missouri. I've heard that they might be moving but haven't heard yet if they'll stay in Missouri or come to Kansas. I now live in Arizona and the ONLY part of the state that does Day Light Savings is the Navajo Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona. A lot of the reason the rest of the state doesn't do day light savings has to do with our weather. The longer the sun is out the longer we have to deal with extreme heat. It's already bad enough when it's still 100* at midnight.
Here’s another geo fact. The water off the east coast is warmer than the water off the west coast of the US. The water on the east coast comes from the Caribbean via the Gulf Stream and the water on the west coast comes from Alaska via the California Current. The Gulf Stream is also the reason the UK is warmer year round than Maine.
Arizona doesn't observe Daylight Saving Time because of the summer heat. That extra daylight hour in the evening, while pleasant for most places in the US, is very nearly unbearable in AZ. Better to leave it on Standard Time so that the sun is down "earlier".
Being close to large bodies of water tends to moderate temperature extremes, and Hawaii is a bunch of islands completely surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. The hotter the land gets , the stronger the breeze from the ocean cooling it off gets.
Which is also why even though Florida is technically hotter than say central NC, it feels so much more tolerable in Florida with the breeze. Central NC is only breezy during hurricanes and tornadoes. But it's humid and hot all the time. I lived in both places for many years. Currently in the Blue Ridge mountains, and it's heaven compared to literally everywhere else in the whole world that I have lived.
Maine is st the same latitude as Spain. The Channel Islands are at the same latitude as Newfoundland, Canada. The UK and Ireland are at the same latitude as Labrador, Canada
Just to add to the Alaskan earthquake fact, the biggest magnitude earthquake occurred on March 28, 1964, in Prince William Sound at a 9.2. The largest in world history was a 9.5 in Chile.
New York and New Jersey have oddly divergent land and water boundaries because they took the existence of docks into account when they settled the border.
All the people in the world in Texas would be packed as tight as Tokyo residents are. It's hard to get 100 degree temps when you are surrounded by water. Miami probably has 100 days a year over 90 but it has only been 100 once or twice since records began
The Mississippi has a much greater flow rate even at St Louis so it's the main river. Yea just checked over twice the volume at St Louis. West is great but not when it comes to water volumes.
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers are connected, however you can have connecting rivers and they are 2 different names, it's like a lake and a river, or a lake that is connected to another lake via a river, sometimes they do have the same name, it can be confusing .
@@JPMadden Correct. If normal river naming conventions were followed, the Mississippi River would turn into the Missouri river at the point where they meet, however, since Europeans traveled North America from the East Coast to the West, the Mississippi river was discovered first, and thus was given naming rights south of where the two rivers meet.
It’s just the standard naming convention that the shorter river is a tributary of the longer one. But they’re practically the same length and the Mississippi name is established so that’s the way it is.
Saying Nebraska is "triply landlocked" is misleading. Minnesota does not have a seacoast, but it is not "landlocked." It has access to the sea via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The main reason you have warmer winters in the UK despite being further north is the Gulf Stream current, which brings warmer water up the eastern coast of the US and across to Northern Europe.
9:23 The British Isles enjoy the benefit of the Mid-Atlantic Maritime current in the winter, keeping the winters fairly mild and damp. Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, and Vancouver, BC all enjoy this same effect from the Pacific, in the winter.
Portraying land from a globe onto flat Decatur projection map distorts size at the poles while land masses represented near the equator are more accurate.
When I went to Jamaica, I learned that the loser to the equator the more regulated the temps were year round. Hawaii is probably around mid 80s all year
The reason that the UK doesn't get so cold in winter is the Gulf Stream. All that extremely warm water that creates hurricanes also make a fast track trip to flow around the UK. Wyoming is indeed (by his definition) triple land locked.
The first Capitol of the US was actually York, Pennsylvania. The Missouri River does flow into the Mississippi, as do the Ohio and Arkansas rivers et al.🤘😎❤
Does the UK ever use or understand fractions? I'm sure most understand 1/2 (one half, 50%), probably 1/4 (one quarter, 25%), maybe 1/3 (one third, 33%). But would everyday people understand 5/8ths means 5 out of 8 pieces or 9/16ths means 9 out of 16 pieces?
Last time I checked 50 miles is impossible to see, unless you are severely elevated. Into the thousands of feet. At that point it doesn't count. Something that during the McCain/Palin presidential campaign infuriated everyone with. Because as the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin claimed that because she could "see Russia from her state" made her competent for foreign policy. Not only is that not a qualification, it's also completely inaccurate. The convo about Big Diomede and Little Diomede islands has been had before. Nautical distance has widely accepted that it's around 15-17 miles that the human eye can see unobstructed.
Good to see you both back:) As you learn more about American food I thought you enjoy learning more about "The REAL Reason British Food has a Bad Reputation", I thought it was a good video, found it interesting.
A lot of these facts were presented kinda stupidly to be honest. Good example is when he said there was a small part of the Appalachians in France, when literally all of the Scottish Highlands, the Atlas Mountains in Morrocoo, and the Scandinavian Range is literally the broken up remains of the mountain range that formed the Appalachians.
It’s called a ‘bomb cyclone’ because of a large gradient drop of pressure within 24 hours - but it isn’t a hurricane. 650,000 homes in the Seattle area lost power last night because of falling trees. Just an unexpected winter storm.
Yes, the Missouri River joins the Mississippi River.
Good reaction! At 75, I'm still learning U.S. geography, thanks to you. 👍❤
One of the reasons series use Springfield as their location is because they do not have to say what state. It is left to the audience's imagination or preference.
I think it's like 70 if you count unincorporated.
Its Springfield Oregon he used as his model. With its better half Eugene lol. you are correct part of using Springfield is there's one everywhere.
The gulf stream is what give you guys a temperate climate
And, the Atlantic Ocean sends warmer air to the UK. The cold air stays above the UK.
@@blakerhthat's what the gulf stream is.
Millie laughing like I do after taking a dab.😂
The Missouri and the Mississippi do touch. The Missouri flows into the Mississippi right here in St. Louis. It's why it became such a major city.
The UK is very warm for how north it is because of the jet stream direction in the Atlantic Ocean which constantly brings "warm" water (and thus "warmer" temperatures) to the area
The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, not Ellis Island.
There's a lot of inaccuracies in this video.
The Missouri River empties into the Mississippi river!
There are several inaccuracies in this video:
As James noticed, the longest river is all of the Missouri plus the rest of the Mississippi downstream of their confluence in St. Louis.
#44 -- The 50-mile (80-km) wide Bering Strait is almost certainly too wide for continental Russia to be visible from the Alaskan mainland. It's the islands of Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (U.S.) in the middle of the Strait that are within sight of each other.
#43 -- It counts as one island each the nearly 150 islands of Puerto Rico (easy mistake) and the 50+ islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands (islands plural is in the name).
#27 -- Saying Nebraska is "triply landlocked" is misleading. Minnesota does not have a seacoast, but it is not "landlocked." It has access to the sea via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway.
#1 -- The answer to "what state is the Statue of Liberty in?" is surprisingly complicated. You could say it's New York, New Jersey, and neither. The two states share governing responsibilities of Liberty Island with the federal government which owns the island.
Northwestern Europe is warmed by the Gulf Stream Current that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to up the east coast of North America and then across the North Atlantic. Is this not common knowledge in the UK?
And if you want to be really pedantic, #38 - Mauna Kea isn't higher than Mount Everest.
Mount Everest is still the highest mountain in the world, but Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world. And just to be extra confusing, Mauna Loa (which is mashed together with Mauna Kea to form the island of Hawaii) is the biggest mountain in the world.
Think of it this way: A bird in flight (Everest) can be higher than a giraffe or an elephant. A giraffe (Mauna Kea) is taller than either a bird or an elephant. An elephant (Mauna Loa) is bigger than a giraffe or a bird.
The Missouri River discharges into the Mississippi River at St Louis Missouri
Eeww discharge
The islands he's talking about in Wyoming are inside lakes
Kansan here Kansas City actually goes through both Kansas and Missouri. So we have Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri but yes the stadium is in Missouri. I've heard that they might be moving but haven't heard yet if they'll stay in Missouri or come to Kansas. I now live in Arizona and the ONLY part of the state that does Day Light Savings is the Navajo Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona. A lot of the reason the rest of the state doesn't do day light savings has to do with our weather. The longer the sun is out the longer we have to deal with extreme heat. It's already bad enough when it's still 100* at midnight.
Kansas City Missouri is the first one and the biggest. Also, Kansas City Missouri has more fountains than Rome Italy.
And, as another fun fact about Monowi, Nebraska's only resident, she's also the mayor of that town too.
From Wyoming, you'd just need to go through Idaho and either Oregon or Washington to reach the Pacific.
If Oklahoma didn't stick it's nose where it doesn't belong, you could also do Colorado and Texas.
Lakes is pretty much stationary where as a river flows
The gulf stream helps keep England warm.
The Missouri River flows into the Mississippi River.
Here’s another geo fact. The water off the east coast is warmer than the water off the west coast of the US. The water on the east coast comes from the Caribbean via the Gulf Stream and the water on the west coast comes from Alaska via the California Current. The Gulf Stream is also the reason the UK is warmer year round than Maine.
At 0:24 I thought Millie was exploding LOL
Arizona doesn't observe Daylight Saving Time because of the summer heat. That extra daylight hour in the evening, while pleasant for most places in the US, is very nearly unbearable in AZ. Better to leave it on Standard Time so that the sun is down "earlier".
Being close to large bodies of water tends to moderate temperature extremes, and Hawaii is a bunch of islands completely surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. The hotter the land gets , the stronger the breeze from the ocean cooling it off gets.
Which is also why even though Florida is technically hotter than say central NC, it feels so much more tolerable in Florida with the breeze. Central NC is only breezy during hurricanes and tornadoes. But it's humid and hot all the time. I lived in both places for many years. Currently in the Blue Ridge mountains, and it's heaven compared to literally everywhere else in the whole world that I have lived.
Yes, the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers are connected the Missouri flows into the Mississippi.
Maine is st the same latitude as Spain. The Channel Islands are at the same latitude as Newfoundland, Canada. The UK and Ireland are at the same latitude as Labrador, Canada
Millie’s in rare form tonight and I love it. 🤣 She even had a fit of the giggles but rebounded. Hahaha
Just to add to the Alaskan earthquake fact, the biggest magnitude earthquake occurred on March 28, 1964, in Prince William Sound at a 9.2. The largest in world history was a 9.5 in Chile.
I'm old enough to remember when it happened.
New York and New Jersey have oddly divergent land and water boundaries because they took the existence of docks into account when they settled the border.
It also snows in Hawaii.
The island that the Statue of Liberty sits on is called Liberty Island Ellis Island is a completely different on
All the people in the world in Texas would be packed as tight as Tokyo residents are.
It's hard to get 100 degree temps when you are surrounded by water. Miami probably has 100 days a year over 90 but it has only been 100 once or twice since records began
The Eastern Coast of Maine is closer to Africa than Florida. That shit still blows my mind.
Don't forget to reboot your Millie if she shows any signs of software glitches❤
The Mississippi has a much greater flow rate even at St Louis so it's the main river. Yea just checked over twice the volume at St Louis. West is great but not when it comes to water volumes.
Coffee also grows in Florida
Coffee also grows in Puerto Rico, although not a state it is a U.S. territory
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers are connected, however you can have connecting rivers and they are 2 different names, it's like a lake and a river, or a lake that is connected to another lake via a river, sometimes they do have the same name, it can be confusing .
It seems that the longest river is all of the Missouri plus the rest of the Mississippi downstream of St. Louis.
@@JPMadden Correct. If normal river naming conventions were followed, the Mississippi River would turn into the Missouri river at the point where they meet, however, since Europeans traveled North America from the East Coast to the West, the Mississippi river was discovered first, and thus was given naming rights south of where the two rivers meet.
@@MarcusSchuff That makes sense, but I don't see why it should matter. But my opinions tend to be in the minority.
It’s just the standard naming convention that the shorter river is a tributary of the longer one. But they’re practically the same length and the Mississippi name is established so that’s the way it is.
3:00 -- Love Lillie's giggle fit LOL!
You can walk part of the International Appalachian Trail in the UK.
Wyoming-> Idaho -> Washington or Oregon.
Love the laughter!
A river is defined as water current flowing. The Roe river actually has current. A lake doesn’t have currents.
The great lakes have rip currents, people drown in them every year.
Both of you seemed tired-silly 😊
FWIW, Liberty Island is federal land. Cheers!
The Atlantic curren̈t keeps the UK warmer than Maine.
I hope you guys got some good rest-you both looked pretty tired. Haha.
Saying Nebraska is "triply landlocked" is misleading. Minnesota does not have a seacoast, but it is not "landlocked." It has access to the sea via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The main reason you have warmer winters in the UK despite being further north is the Gulf Stream current, which brings warmer water up the eastern coast of the US and across to Northern Europe.
The Missouri and the Mississippi River meet up north st. Louis. there a Ted and Pat Jones Confluence State Park there.
9:23 The British Isles enjoy the benefit of the Mid-Atlantic Maritime current in the winter, keeping the winters fairly mild and damp. Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, and Vancouver, BC all enjoy this same effect from the Pacific, in the winter.
In aimple terms Warm ocean currents flows toward the UK keeping it unnaturally warm for its latitude.
I was gonna say the same thing, that uk gets the benefit of the gulf stream which carries warm air straight to you guys.
You both need to watch the Animaniacs sing the state capitals! It’s fun and will help you remember!
Portraying land from a globe onto flat Decatur projection map distorts size at the poles while land masses represented near the equator are more accurate.
Mercator, autocomplete.
If you put all of earths population inside of Texas, every single person would have 942 ft.² of room
When I went to Jamaica, I learned that the loser to the equator the more regulated the temps were year round. Hawaii is probably around mid 80s all year
Yeah, I've been in 100° weather on Montana.
The reason that the UK doesn't get so cold in winter is the Gulf Stream. All that extremely warm water that creates hurricanes also make a fast track trip to flow around the UK. Wyoming is indeed (by his definition) triple land locked.
I love you guys. ❤ Always stuff about America. Cool. I like when the girl laughs! lol
The river are connected. The Missouri become the Mississippi but it is still longer than the Mississippi by 1 mile.
Land locked usually means there is no water border. Ocean or river.
u are right on the last fact the water is New Jersey but the island and the statue are in New York
the island is in New Jersey, New York only owns the statue
This was a great video!
The Missouri and Ohio rivers drain into the Mississippi River. There are also other rivers that drain into it.
The first Capitol of the US was actually York, Pennsylvania. The Missouri River does flow into the Mississippi, as do the Ohio and Arkansas rivers et al.🤘😎❤
Mount Denali in Alaska is the tallest mountain on land in the world by prominence. If you don't get it look up the meaning of prominence.
Nearly all the rivers in the US come together to form the MISSISSIPPI River.
Uh, the US Virgin Islands consist of three (3) islands. I can't wait to hear what other mistakes this guy makes.
I believe that rivers are tidal.
They are connected
Parts of ancient Texas are now under Antartica.
Does the UK ever use or understand fractions? I'm sure most understand 1/2 (one half, 50%), probably 1/4 (one quarter, 25%), maybe 1/3 (one third, 33%). But would everyday people understand 5/8ths means 5 out of 8 pieces or 9/16ths means 9 out of 16 pieces?
Last time I checked 50 miles is impossible to see, unless you are severely elevated. Into the thousands of feet. At that point it doesn't count.
Something that during the McCain/Palin presidential campaign infuriated everyone with. Because as the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin claimed that because she could "see Russia from her state" made her competent for foreign policy. Not only is that not a qualification, it's also completely inaccurate. The convo about Big Diomede and Little Diomede islands has been had before.
Nautical distance has widely accepted that it's around 15-17 miles that the human eye can see unobstructed.
Goes to show the power of mass media
. Sarah Palin never even said that. That was Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live.
The UK is an Island.
and russia and alaska is closer than 55 miles apart
Good to see you both back:) As you learn more about American food I thought you enjoy learning more about "The REAL Reason British Food has a Bad Reputation", I thought it was a good video, found it interesting.
A lot of these facts were presented kinda stupidly to be honest. Good example is when he said there was a small part of the Appalachians in France, when literally all of the Scottish Highlands, the Atlas Mountains in Morrocoo, and the Scandinavian Range is literally the broken up remains of the mountain range that formed the Appalachians.
You might want to start following the news about the cyclone in California. Only happens every 10 to 15 years.
It’s called a ‘bomb cyclone’ because of a large gradient drop of pressure within 24 hours - but it isn’t a hurricane. 650,000 homes in the Seattle area lost power last night because of falling trees. Just an unexpected winter storm.
Yep Sonoma County is already flooded now too.
They are connected