isei-silva:

Me too! It’s winter and it feels like summer to me so I am terrified of what’s going to happen when actual summer rolls around! Just be prepared for anything I guess!

Any native Floridians have tips for us overseas-people?

You’ll probably be running the air conditioner from March to October. Drink lots of water, the humidity is ridiculous. Related: if you have any sort of outdoor activities in the summer you will end up soaked in sweat (literally your clothes will end up wet.) When you go back inside it’s really just easiest to take a shower and change your clothes, waiting to dry off is just miserable.

During the summer it’ll rain pretty much every afternoon beginning in July, (this makes it even muggier) and as much as it rains in Florida they still don’t know how to drive in the rain. Expect to be going at least 20 mph slower than you’d normally go as soon as the road gets wet.

On the other hand, here’s a sunrise: