Comments on: Mitad Del Mundo http://www.followingthedream.com/archives/72 A journey around the world Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:44:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Adam http://www.followingthedream.com/archives/72#comment-586 Adam Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:17:34 +0000 http://www.followingthedream.com/archives/72#comment-586 I hate to burst your bubble, but the Coriolis Effect has essentially zero input on which way water drains. Let me guess...the sink was square sided, and instead of setting it straight down, she'd turn while holding it. This introduced rotation. You can do the same trick at home. Getting it to drain straight down is difficult though. You need very still water, and it can usually only be maintained for a few seconds. I haven't heard the egg on the equator. The legend with eggs is that you can only balance them on the equinox, but this is also a wives tale. I can't believe you guys are still on the road! What a trip! We're ready to hit the road again, but need to work :( I hate to burst your bubble, but the Coriolis Effect has essentially zero input on which way water drains. Let me guess…the sink was square sided, and instead of setting it straight down, she’d turn while holding it. This introduced rotation. You can do the same trick at home. Getting it to drain straight down is difficult though. You need very still water, and it can usually only be maintained for a few seconds.

I haven’t heard the egg on the equator. The legend with eggs is that you can only balance them on the equinox, but this is also a wives tale.

I can’t believe you guys are still on the road! What a trip! We’re ready to hit the road again, but need to work :(

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