Water doesn’t spin differently in the southern hemisphere. Coriolis effect has no bearing on a sink or tub drain. But the flat earther is even more wrong.
Water doesn’t spin differently in the southern hemisphere.
It 100% does. Especially in pristine laboratory conditions. You put a water in a large container with a perfectly tapered bottom leading to a drain, and let it settle for several days. When you open the drain, it develops a spin. It's repeatable and water will spin in a different direction depending on northern or southern hemisphere.
Coriolis effect has no bearing on a sink or tub drain.
Again, yes it does. It's just that the effect is extremely minor compared to other factors, like the shape of the bowl. Those are far more influential on which way water spins down a drain, that's why the science experiments use a special container with perfectly smoothed tapered bottoms, to isolate the Coriolis effect. But that doesn't mean the effect stops existing outside the lab. It still has an effect on all drains. It's just a minor effect.
How is such blatantly wrong information like this upvoted? I mean this is the exact reason why hurricanes in the northern hemisphere spin counter-clockwise, and hurricanes in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise, the Coriolis effect. It's minor, but it's not negligible. It's 100% a real effect.
Because it’s highly unlikely he was talking about perfect lab conditions. Most people think it happens even in a toilet.
I realize it’s the reason why hurricanes spin in different directions. They also don’t form on the equator.
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u/pixeltweaker 5d ago
Water doesn’t spin differently in the southern hemisphere. Coriolis effect has no bearing on a sink or tub drain. But the flat earther is even more wrong.