In a message dated 4/9/2004 12:17:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is simply a myth. The Coriolis force caused by the Earth's rotation is far too weak to have any significant effect on the swirling of water in toilets and sinks. The effect might be measurable with sufficiently sensitive instruments under ideal circumstances, but it's normally masked by the effects of the shape of the toilet or sink and any initial motion in the water. The Earth will rotate only about one minute of arc in the time it takes to flush. You need *huge* amounts of moving air and water for it to take effect. Indeed cyclones rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere, and counterclockwise in the northern.
Attila -------------- Sniff. I always thought that was so cooooool (re water swirling in other direction in sinks and toliets in Southern Hemisphere). Bummer to hear that it isn't. Marnie aka Doe :-( Sniff. (Thanks for the info., though. I suppose knowledge is better than ignorance ... most of the time, anyway.)
