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#1 Postby SEAZSky » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:19 pm

From the Penn State College of Earth and
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http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadMeteorology.html

Tell your high school students about this site....

Stan - near Tucson, AZ :)
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#2 Postby yoda » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:22 pm

LOL!!! Cool site, thanks. :D
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#3 Postby P.K. » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:02 pm

The water in a sink (or toilet) rotates one way as it drains in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemisphere. Called the Coriolis Effect, it is caused by the rotation of the earth.


We just talked about that at uni the other week. :lol:
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