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Old 09-28-2011, 08:21 AM
 
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Some of his pranks are actually pretty funny, but sometimes a bit mean spirited at times.
That's not very sub-tropical of him.
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Old 09-28-2011, 10:18 AM
 
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Miami is NOT tropical. not even close. my father lives in Jamaica, and comparing Jamaica's weather to Miami's is apple and oranges. Miami is built on a swamp, not a rainforest. Tropical fruit like Bread Fruit and Guinep are not able to grow here. The winter time (which in the real tropics, there is no "winter" season or drop in temeperature to even begin with) is constantly dipping in the high 30's to mid 40's for an extended period of time. Many of the palm tree's here in South Florida (of which, the coconut palms are NOT native to), are tinged yellow/brown and half dead year round from the damage done to them in the winter. People are walking around in jackets and cranking up their heaters for 1-3 months out of the year. And this is not me hating on Miami, I love it here, but I am mearily stating observations. This type of weather would never occur in Jamaica or any other real tropical place below the Tropic of Cancer. That is fact. If you truly believe Miami's weather is tropical, you need to travel more. It has tropical elements, but is not, and never will be, truly tropical.
Couldn't have said it better myself and yet people still don't get it!!! Some people just have this weird aversion to accepting reality in Miami, I have no idea why. Subtropical is a transition zone between temperate and tropical but people don't get that. We just happen to be near the border of the transition zone and tropics so we are more heavily influenced by the tropics than by temperate areas.

I think people perceive this as an attack or Miami hate, but they are missing the point totally.

Many times I see the weather in the winter and I think, if only Miami was on the other side of the Straits or if only the peninsula extended a couple more hundred miles south...or if the Appalachians were the Rockies to prevent cold air intrusion in the winter. But it is what it is.

Something that for the life of me I can't figure out...and all I can chalk up to is not being in the tropics...are the areca fan palms. In the tropics, they can be grown in full sun. Here, they burn up. It does not have to do with watering...and not even fertilization because I have tried to overcome that. I think it may be a combo of many things, but have cold snaps may be the straw that breaks the camel's back that never let's them get that intense green even if not shaded.
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Old 09-28-2011, 10:36 AM
 
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Despite it all Miami is a beautiful city,there is no other cities that look like it in the subtropical zone.Not even close.
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Old 09-28-2011, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Miami/ Washington DC
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Couldn't have said it better myself and yet people still don't get it!!! Some people just have this weird aversion to accepting reality in Miami, I have no idea why. Subtropical is a transition zone between temperate and tropical but people don't get that. We just happen to be near the border of the transition zone and tropics so we are more heavily influenced by the tropics than by temperate areas.

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You say it here yourself. Miami is a transition zone. But it is closer to a tropical climate than subtropical. Once the koppen climate classification system list Miami as subtropical than I will allow Miami to be called a subtropical climate. But for now Science agrees that Miami is a tropical climate. The weather in Daytona, Orlando, Tampa is much different in the winter than it is down in Miami and especially Key West. Key West I assume will not be debated.
But from non-tropical people I will take "Miami is a transition zone that is closer to tropical than subtropical." That works for me.
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Old 09-28-2011, 01:03 PM
 
Location: Eastern Time
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Miami is still finding himself... let us not be so hard on him, he is just confused.
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Old 09-28-2011, 01:14 PM
 
Location: Miami, FL
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Couldn't have said it better myself and yet people still don't get it!!! Some people just have this weird aversion to accepting reality in Miami, I have no idea why. Subtropical is a transition zone between temperate and tropical but people don't get that. We just happen to be near the border of the transition zone and tropics so we are more heavily influenced by the tropics than by temperate areas.

I think people perceive this as an attack or Miami hate, but they are missing the point totally.

Many times I see the weather in the winter and I think, if only Miami was on the other side of the Straits or if only the peninsula extended a couple more hundred miles south...or if the Appalachians were the Rockies to prevent cold air intrusion in the winter. But it is what it is.

Something that for the life of me I can't figure out...and all I can chalk up to is not being in the tropics...are the areca fan palms. In the tropics, they can be grown in full sun. Here, they burn up. It does not have to do with watering...and not even fertilization because I have tried to overcome that. I think it may be a combo of many things, but have cold snaps may be the straw that breaks the camel's back that never let's them get that intense green even if not shaded.

GREAT posts by the both of you guys ( HumboldtParkShiner and Chelito ) and 100 % accurate.
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Old 09-28-2011, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Miami, FL
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Miami is NOT tropical. not even close. my father lives in Jamaica, and comparing Jamaica's weather to Miami's is apple and oranges. Miami is built on a swamp, not a rainforest. Tropical fruit like Bread Fruit and Guinep are not able to grow here. The winter time (which in the real tropics, there is no "winter" season or drop in temeperature to even begin with) is constantly dipping in the high 30's to mid 40's for an extended period of time. Many of the palm tree's here in South Florida (of which, the coconut palms are NOT native to), are tinged yellow/brown and half dead year round from the damage done to them in the winter. People are walking around in jackets and cranking up their heaters for 1-3 months out of the year. And this is not me hating on Miami, I love it here, but I am mearily stating observations. This type of weather would never occur in Jamaica or any other real tropical place below the Tropic of Cancer. That is fact. If you truly believe Miami's weather is tropical, you need to travel more. It has tropical elements, but is not, and never will be, truly tropical.
Very true.

(TMost of these people do not understand that while there is a disease that yellows palms, much of what we see IS freeze damage to palms during those prolonged cold temperatures. They look cold weather damaged). My friends Paul Nawrocki the Wise Gardener and Jack Fisher ( the head of the Farichild center) know this and have told me about cold damaged tropical palms all over Miame.

Awesome post.
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Old 09-28-2011, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn
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San Juan, Honolulu, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Panama and Belize are all tropical. They are all in the tropical zone.


Miami is NOT the equal of those places. Miami is NOT in a tropical zone, and is NOT tropical. As such the residents will NOT experience the pretty purple night sky of the tropics, the beautiful vegetation and immensely strong sunlight.
You are correct; Miami is properly classified as being located in the subtropics. However, given the abysmal gaps in geographical education throughout the United States, you have to consider yourself ahead of the game if people even know that Miami is in the state of Florida.
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Old 09-28-2011, 01:26 PM
 
Location: In a happy, quieter home now! :)
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Jack Fisher says Miami is NOT tropical. Only a transitional semi tropical zone with HEAVY temperate zone vegetation and influences.
"Jack Fisher says....Jack Fisher says....Jack Fisher says......."
You are dead wrong, and apparently so is "Jack Fisher".
I live at 26.62 N, 80.06 W, and I live in the sub-tropics. ....
We have plenty of "beautiful vegetation" and "immensely strong sunlight" and besides a "pretty purple night sky", we also have noctilucent clouds.

"Originally Posted by HumboldtParkShiner
Miami is NOT tropical. not even close. my father lives in Jamaica, and comparing Jamaica's weather to Miami's is apple and oranges. Miami is built on a swamp, not a rainforest. Tropical fruit like Bread Fruit and Guinep are not able to grow here. The winter time (which in the real tropics, there is no "winter" season or drop in temeperature to even begin with) is constantly dipping in the high 30's to mid 40's for an extended period of time. Many of the palm tree's here in South Florida (of which, the coconut palms are NOT native to), are tinged yellow/brown and half dead year round from the damage done to them in the winter. People are walking around in jackets and cranking up their heaters for 1-3 months out of the year. And this is not me hating on Miami, I love it here, but I am mearily stating observations. This type of weather would never occur in Jamaica or any other real tropical place below the Tropic of Cancer. That is fact. If you truly believe Miami's weather is tropical, you need to travel more. It has tropical elements, but is not, and never will be, truly tropical."

lmao! b-s! .. So, what's your point? That we live in the sub-tropics and not the tropics?....
If you can go outside and see Crux, you are in the tropics.

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Old 09-28-2011, 01:30 PM
 
Location: Miami
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I've always thought of Miami as subtropical, but I don't get as technical as you guys. One thing that's not true is that it doesn't drop into the 30's or 40's for extended periods of time. I would love that. Unless by extended periods of time you mean hours. It always warms back up to at least the 50's. I've lived here for more than 30 years and have never cranked up my heater for 1 to 3 months. 1 to 3 days, yes, but never even weeks. I don't think I've ever used the heater for a full 24 hour day. I'm in West Kendall too.
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