Depends.

Are you on a train traveling east or west?

Or are you in a house that has been picked up by a tornado and you
are rapidly spinning counterclockwise?

Or have you been drinking heavily and the wash basin is already
spinning before you turn on the water?

BTW, I have visited Australia and NZ and I noticed that water
flows based on the direction of how it enters the wash/toilet bowl
and the design of the bowl.

And if Wirt points you to a web site that says 'hogwash' you had
better believe it. Wirt knows what he is talking about :-)

duane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brice Yokem [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:55 AM
> To: HP3000 List
> Subject: OT: Spinning water.
>
>
> I lived in Australia for two years and I noticed the water
> spins the other way down the drain in the southern Hemisphere
> than the northern.
>
> My question is, which way does it spin at the equator?
>
> Kent Wallace
>
> ------------
>
> I didn't perform a scientific test on this, but when I lived
> in Alaska, it seemed the 'Coriolis Effect' was more
> pronounced, so I think it gets weaker the closer to the
> equater you get.
>
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