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Re: Coriolis
      Tue Aug 24 2004 10:11 PM

If one runs water down the drain at the equator, does it rotate? (Serious question).

Yes it does - at random in one direction or the other. Keep in mind that Coriolis is just one factor that influences rotation. There have been a couple of rare clockwise spinning tornadoes noted in the southeast U.S., and clockwise spinning waterspouts have been seen in the Fllorida Keys.
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* Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234 Tue Aug 24 2004 10:11 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex LI Phil   Tue Aug 24 2004 06:01 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234   Tue Aug 24 2004 06:19 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Clark   Tue Aug 24 2004 07:42 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex LI Phil   Tue Aug 24 2004 09:43 PM
. * * Re: Coriolis Ed DunhamAdministrator   Tue Aug 24 2004 10:11 PM
. * * Re: Coriolis Keith234   Wed Aug 25 2004 08:53 AM
. * * Re: Coriolis LI Phil   Wed Aug 25 2004 02:04 PM
. * * Geostrophic Winds Keith234   Wed Aug 25 2004 09:29 PM
. * * Re: Geostrophic Winds LI Phil   Wed Aug 25 2004 09:33 PM
. * * Re: Geostrophic Winds Clark   Wed Aug 25 2004 10:27 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234   Tue Aug 24 2004 09:55 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234   Tue Aug 24 2004 08:52 PM

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