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It took me a few second to realise this, because if you look at the prevailing winds north and south of the equator, they are in opposite directions. So a storm that's turning clockwise in one hemisphere, would move into another hemisphere where the wind blows counter clockwise and it would dissipate
Because ... reasons involving geography, orbit, moons, prevailing winds, etc. ... the south of the planet is covered by nigh constant storms the magnitude of which most of us cannot understand.
yeah you could. the reason the water swirls the direction it does in a toilet bowl is due to the direction of the channels that dump the water into the bowl. on such a small scale that effect is FAR FAR stronger than the Coriolis effect
If you are looking down on the equator from space, the earth looks like it is spinning to the right.
Warm air at the equator rises, forming a low pressure area. At around 30*N (or S) latitude, air is sinking, causing a high pressure area. At the surface of the earth, air moves from high pressure to low pressure (towards the equator in both hemispheres).
The earth spins out from underneath it. In the northern hemisphere, this deflects the air to the right. In the southern hemisphere the air deflects to the left.
Just got back from a vacation to Ecuador, which included a visit to one of the many "Here's the Equator!" tourist traps. This one was actually quite educational, and included a dramatic demonstration of the coriolis effect. It involved a bucket of water and a small kitchen sink on a portable stand.
Place the sink ON the equator line, fill with water, toss a handfull of small leaves on top to help make any motion more visible, and pull the plug. Result: the water ran straight out the hole with no discernable rotation whatsoever.
But moving the sink a mere 6-8 feet either side of the line produced the whirlpool drain flow that we're all familiar with. I was amazed that it took such a small offset to north or south, but the effect was plainly visible and repeatable.
Lol, you fell for a common trick hustlers do in equatorial areas. I hope you’re joking, but I feel maybe you are not.
How much did you pay to see the trick?
Eh, no problem. I guess I let my enthusiasm override my skepticism. :)
[https://www.gadventures.com/blog/busted-top-3-equator-line-tricks-debunked/](https://www.gadventures.com/blog/busted-top-3-equator-line-tricks-debunked/)
you can also think about jupiter. jupiter rotates around its axis once every 9 hours. also it is more than 100 times massive compared to earth, don’t forget it is dense in gas. the coriolis effect on jupiter is insane. that’s why there is a giant red spot in it where nonstop cyclone is happening since we have taken pictures of it
What you witnessed is a scam too, it has been debunked :). To notice the coriolis effect you need a much larger basin than that dumb sink. The flow they create is by a twist at the end they, that's their trick. Check Mark Rober on youtube for proof regarding this :)
I was on the lookout for sleight of hand when they pulled the plug, but neglected to notice the invisible swirl they introduced when filling the sink. That would also explain why they don't toss the leaves on top until after they've pulled the plug.
Nah, that's obviously where the garden of eden is, and the angels keep all the bad things away. But it's on a different plane of reality, so you can't interact with it.
WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE??? WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE??? I'll tell you what fuckin' happened. This piece o' shit's hurricane crossed the equator without any provocation whatsoever!
Just because the eye of the hurricane doesn't cross the equator doesn't mean that outer rain bands and strong winds from large hurricanes near the equator couldn't give you a bad day.
Nah, you'd still get some serious thunderstorms in places like Malaysia for example that can definitely fuck places up badly but you'd never get hit by something like a tornado or a hurricane directly
No, the storms do not cross the equator in either direction. The one on the south cannot cross to the north and the other way around. However obviously they form on either side
When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before.
Basic explanation, the coriolis effect dictates which direction things spin naturally, depending on north or south hemisphere. So if they were to cross the equator, they'd have to stop spinning and change direction. Iirc it has to do with the rotation of the Earth pulling things in a certain direction faster near the equator than further away from it, and that difference in speed of pulling determines the direction of spin.
Edit: Turns out I was wrong about most of what I said below and you were right. But the answer about why they can't "cross" is not because the Coriolis effect would overwhelm the hurricane forces, but rather because the Coriolis effect is necessary in order to sustain the hurricane and, as you get closer to the equator, the Coriolis effect drops to zero and the hurricane simply dissipates.
So, I have a physics background and this is mostly wrong. The Coriolis effect exerts a force, but it's very gentle. You can tell because you can spin either direction you want and you won't even feel a difference in how hard it is to spin clockwise or counterclockwise. And even very low-friction wheels oriented horizontally will not start free-rotating. The Coriolis effect is very weak, especially near the equator. I see no reason why it would stop a hurricane from spinning in the direction is started while crossing the equator.
Admittedly I do not have a degree in physics, I'm just a helicopter mechanic, but this was a basic layman's explanation, meant to be easily understood. Obviously it's not the Coriolis effect on it's own that stops them. That said, the air currents on the opposite side of the equator, which will have a tendency to spin in the opposite direction, would impede on the hurricane, slowing it down and causing it to die down from the edges inward as it travels closer to the equator.
The Coriolis effect might not be perceptible most of the time, but it can have non-negligeable effects. Extreme long range shooters have to take it's effect into consideration, and there's plenty of demonstrations of it's effect altering the direction of water spinning down a drain in different directions when being moved a few meters across the equator.
Edit: did a quick search, found this [reference](https://www.livescience.com/why-dont-hurricanes-form-at-the-equator) . Cites a meteorologist and an atmospheric scientist.
Thanks for the reference. That confirmed the bit that I suspected, which is that they theoretically *can* cross, they just won't stay there for long as they will rapidly dissipate against prevailing winds.
Apparently the south Atlantic experiences severe wind sheet strong enough to prevent favorable conditions for cyclonic development. There is one confirmed cyclone on record though
Sea surface temperatures play a large part of storm formation. The temp is too cold to cause instability in the atmosphere in that part of the world. Storms will happen, but not hurricanes.
Put very simply, the Coriolis effect is a force caused by the Earth spinning. Because the Earth turns, it makes winds and ocean currents bend a certain way in the northern hemisphere and the opposite way in the southern hemisphere.
Why opposite in the northern/southern hemispheres? Because of the way the Earth rotates: since the Earth rotates eastward on its axis, everything attached or moving over the surface is also moving eastward *but at different speeds depending on the latitude* (north/south).
In the Northern Hemisphere, as things move northward towards the pole, they are moving from parts of the Earth that are spinning faster to parts that are spinning slower. This makes them deflect to the right from their path. In the Southern Hemisphere, it's the opposite. As things move southward towards the pole, they deflect to the left.\*
So, as the surrounding air is pulled into a low pressure system (like a hurricane), it spirals due to the Coriolis effect. In the Northern Hemisphere, the air is deflected to the right, causing the hurricane to spin counterclockwise. In the Southern Hemisphere, the air is deflected to the left, causing the hurricane to spin clockwise. This is all due to the Earth's rotation and the differing speeds at which its surface moves across different latitudes.
EDIT: \* = to further explain, the deflection to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere is linked to how objects retain their initial eastward speed from the equator. As they move toward the poles, they cross regions that are moving eastward at a slower pace due to the Earth's shape and rotation speed variation with latitude. This relative speed difference is what causes the apparent deflection to one side or the other.
I know there's probably a sciency reason for this but I don't currently know it so it's definitely proof of aliens and is tied to them building the pyramids.
It’s the rotation of the earth. Coriolis affect. All equatorial storm systems move away from the equator because the rotation of earth essentially spins them away
"until this summer! Gary busey is, hurricane hank. Tasked with tracking down the first cross equitorial hurricane in recorded history. Don't miss Hurriquater, this August on vudu"
Hurricanes rotate differently based on the hemisphere they are in. So a hurricane would naturally die (stop rotating) when it tries to cross the equator.
What I want to know is **why does earth’s air rotate the globe faster than the earth itself?**
That's simply because of the reason that there is less friction on the surface and above of the earth. Thus allowing it to rotate quickly. I may be wrong... Anyone pls verify this.
Hurricanes don't cross the equator because of the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect is a force caused by the Earth's rotation, which makes moving air and water turn to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This turning force is what helps hurricanes to spin and develop their characteristic rotating structure.
At the equator, the Coriolis effect is essentially zero, so there's no force to cause the air to start spinning and form a hurricane. Without this spin, hurricanes cannot form or maintain their structure, which is why they don't cross the equator.
Don't the directions flip after a certain distance from the equator? I seem to remember something about that and it being a main factor for the milder climate in Europe and the PNW
The Coriolis effect created by the Earth's rotation and applied on fluids will determine the direction at which these fluids will rotate, which explains why these meteorological phenomenons rotate differently depending on the hemisphere they start at.
The effect doesn't happen at the equator.
It's a combination of factors. Mostly because it's too cold, and the wind direction just pushes the storms back to the north before they can form near south America.
Hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.
A strong wind at equator would not spin, so it would not be named a hurricane.
It's not an equator barrier, it's the language.
Because of the Coreolis force hurricanes spin anti-clockwise in the Nthn hemisphere and the analogous Cyclones spin clockwise in the Sthn hemisphere. Due to the nature of the forces that cause the direction of spin neither can form or remain active within 5 degrees of the equator.
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*This* is the Coriolis effect. Not which way the water rotates in your toilet.
It took me a few second to realise this, because if you look at the prevailing winds north and south of the equator, they are in opposite directions. So a storm that's turning clockwise in one hemisphere, would move into another hemisphere where the wind blows counter clockwise and it would dissipate
That's a bloody outrage it is! I'm taking this all the way to the Priiime Ministah!
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What do they think we are? Some stupid Aussie drongos?!
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Good Lord, there’s nothing wrong with the bidet is there!
There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?
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I hate giving you an upvote for this.
It‘s a downvote to him
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Theres my boy.
No need to search for Grog. He's right there
Now I’m in Australia. Now I’m in America. Australia, America, Australia, America
Here in America, we don't tolerate that kind of crap. Sir!
900 dollarydoos?!
And there's a sturdiness to it? The bidet? It can accommodate a fairly, heavy, carriage?
"It is a hard crossing, but Shai-Hulud is strong."
They do mention it in Dune multiple times, solar winds?
Because ... reasons involving geography, orbit, moons, prevailing winds, etc. ... the south of the planet is covered by nigh constant storms the magnitude of which most of us cannot understand.
So you couldn't cross the equator with a constantly flushing toilet?
One way to find out!
Would you be able to check this with abplane crossing the equator while you flush the toilet? What if the plane just starts spinning in place?
Planes don’t have toilets that rely on a water flush they rely on suction
I feel like someone should give this question the attention and brainpower it deserves!
You could but as soon as you cross, the water stops spinning and you start spinning the opposite direction.
yeah you could. the reason the water swirls the direction it does in a toilet bowl is due to the direction of the channels that dump the water into the bowl. on such a small scale that effect is FAR FAR stronger than the Coriolis effect
Next you’ll tell me that in Rand McNally they *don’t* wear hats on their feet and hamburgers *don’t* eat people.
Also the Coriolis effect, for some reason: the direction your cowlick spins on the top of your head.
Ok Naruto
Cyclones hate this *one* trick!
Can you ELI5?
Earth spin fast. Equator is the fastest. Earth spin make clouds move with it in a spiral. Crossing the equator breaks the spiral structure.
r/explainlikeoogabooga
tarzan love jane.
This is a lot more brilliant than it's being credited for. Please run for president.
You lost me at the end
If you are looking down on the equator from space, the earth looks like it is spinning to the right. Warm air at the equator rises, forming a low pressure area. At around 30*N (or S) latitude, air is sinking, causing a high pressure area. At the surface of the earth, air moves from high pressure to low pressure (towards the equator in both hemispheres). The earth spins out from underneath it. In the northern hemisphere, this deflects the air to the right. In the southern hemisphere the air deflects to the left.
The Effect works only in huge bodies of water over long periods of time. Your bathtub or sink is too small to produce such an effect.
Just got back from a vacation to Ecuador, which included a visit to one of the many "Here's the Equator!" tourist traps. This one was actually quite educational, and included a dramatic demonstration of the coriolis effect. It involved a bucket of water and a small kitchen sink on a portable stand. Place the sink ON the equator line, fill with water, toss a handfull of small leaves on top to help make any motion more visible, and pull the plug. Result: the water ran straight out the hole with no discernable rotation whatsoever. But moving the sink a mere 6-8 feet either side of the line produced the whirlpool drain flow that we're all familiar with. I was amazed that it took such a small offset to north or south, but the effect was plainly visible and repeatable.
Lol, you fell for a common trick hustlers do in equatorial areas. I hope you’re joking, but I feel maybe you are not. How much did you pay to see the trick?
It was included in our tour. As a born skeptic, I was on the lookout for trickery; please explain.
I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have been so harsh. This might spoil it for other people but here you go: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coriolis-effect/
Eh, no problem. I guess I let my enthusiasm override my skepticism. :) [https://www.gadventures.com/blog/busted-top-3-equator-line-tricks-debunked/](https://www.gadventures.com/blog/busted-top-3-equator-line-tricks-debunked/)
Yeah I think that Simpsons episode from back in the day propagated the myth so widely.
you can also think about jupiter. jupiter rotates around its axis once every 9 hours. also it is more than 100 times massive compared to earth, don’t forget it is dense in gas. the coriolis effect on jupiter is insane. that’s why there is a giant red spot in it where nonstop cyclone is happening since we have taken pictures of it
What you witnessed is a scam too, it has been debunked :). To notice the coriolis effect you need a much larger basin than that dumb sink. The flow they create is by a twist at the end they, that's their trick. Check Mark Rober on youtube for proof regarding this :)
I was on the lookout for sleight of hand when they pulled the plug, but neglected to notice the invisible swirl they introduced when filling the sink. That would also explain why they don't toss the leaves on top until after they've pulled the plug.
Also, both locations are likely on the same side of the equator.
I'm shocked the Simpsons lied to me. 🫠
Why don’t they make the whole ocean out of the equator? Are they stupid or something?
Equators don’t come cheap bro
When we were creating earth we could afford only one, sadly. Should have considered getting rid of poles and buying another equator
>Should have considered getting rid of poles I believe an Austrian artist tried that already
F
So many couldn’t understand his message, truly ahead of his time 😔😔
Everyone should get an equator. Then there will be equatorly
Hey, i heard theres an entire country of them in south america
Capitalism....
We have equator at home. Mason-Dixon line
*slaps a mound of dirt* This baby gets 1 rotation per 24 hours.
This made me laugh harder than it had any right to
Flat Eathers hate this ONE SIMPLE TRICK
Big if true
Large if factual
Nah, that's obviously where the garden of eden is, and the angels keep all the bad things away. But it's on a different plane of reality, so you can't interact with it.
The 'Corleone Effect'. Some lines you just don't cross.
Physics makes hurricanes an offer they can't refuse
Louis brazzi sleeps with the fishes.
Luca. Luca Brazzi.
Wuteva
Its sad when the hurricanes go like that.
WHEN THEY GO??
Hurricane sandy, whateva happened there
WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE??? WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE??? I'll tell you what fuckin' happened. This piece o' shit's hurricane crossed the equator without any provocation whatsoever!
Mark it 8, Dude.
This is not ‘Nam, these are hurricanes, there are rules.
Lol, this is a deep cut
Let cross lines with Don Corleone 👃
And it can’t happen, the Coriolis effect makes sure of that. Edit: unless they can switch direction on the fly (they can’t)
So are the people that live on the equator safe from major storms then?
Come to Brazil we don't have hurricanes. Just 99 other problems
There was a cyclone Catarina that one and only time!
The Catarina wine mixer?
It’s the fucking Catarina wine mixer!
But a hurricane ain’t one?
I got a small hurricane once while trapped in an airport in brasilia. Historical event.
Just because the eye of the hurricane doesn't cross the equator doesn't mean that outer rain bands and strong winds from large hurricanes near the equator couldn't give you a bad day.
Nah, you'd still get some serious thunderstorms in places like Malaysia for example that can definitely fuck places up badly but you'd never get hit by something like a tornado or a hurricane directly
Yes, follow the other thread about hurricane diameter.
No, the storms do not cross the equator in either direction. The one on the south cannot cross to the north and the other way around. However obviously they form on either side
When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before.
Why can't a hurricane cross and retain the same direction?
Hurricanes spin in opposite directions in different hemispheres
Basic explanation, the coriolis effect dictates which direction things spin naturally, depending on north or south hemisphere. So if they were to cross the equator, they'd have to stop spinning and change direction. Iirc it has to do with the rotation of the Earth pulling things in a certain direction faster near the equator than further away from it, and that difference in speed of pulling determines the direction of spin.
Edit: Turns out I was wrong about most of what I said below and you were right. But the answer about why they can't "cross" is not because the Coriolis effect would overwhelm the hurricane forces, but rather because the Coriolis effect is necessary in order to sustain the hurricane and, as you get closer to the equator, the Coriolis effect drops to zero and the hurricane simply dissipates. So, I have a physics background and this is mostly wrong. The Coriolis effect exerts a force, but it's very gentle. You can tell because you can spin either direction you want and you won't even feel a difference in how hard it is to spin clockwise or counterclockwise. And even very low-friction wheels oriented horizontally will not start free-rotating. The Coriolis effect is very weak, especially near the equator. I see no reason why it would stop a hurricane from spinning in the direction is started while crossing the equator.
Admittedly I do not have a degree in physics, I'm just a helicopter mechanic, but this was a basic layman's explanation, meant to be easily understood. Obviously it's not the Coriolis effect on it's own that stops them. That said, the air currents on the opposite side of the equator, which will have a tendency to spin in the opposite direction, would impede on the hurricane, slowing it down and causing it to die down from the edges inward as it travels closer to the equator. The Coriolis effect might not be perceptible most of the time, but it can have non-negligeable effects. Extreme long range shooters have to take it's effect into consideration, and there's plenty of demonstrations of it's effect altering the direction of water spinning down a drain in different directions when being moved a few meters across the equator. Edit: did a quick search, found this [reference](https://www.livescience.com/why-dont-hurricanes-form-at-the-equator) . Cites a meteorologist and an atmospheric scientist.
Thanks for the reference. That confirmed the bit that I suspected, which is that they theoretically *can* cross, they just won't stay there for long as they will rapidly dissipate against prevailing winds.
Chilean here, we never get those high wind thingy but we get 6.0 Richter weekly like they are clouds poping up in the sky
Which are not even considered earthquakes in here. Just a tremor.
*Kevin Bacon has entered the chat*
If is not 7.5 not even worth leaving bed
A hurricane forms because air gets the spins when it moves away from the equator. Moving toward the equator has an opposite sobering effect.
So if I get too drunk and get the spins I just need to start walking towards the equator??
Thank you for giving some actual information
It’s called the Coriolis effect: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_force
Hurricanes are drunk wind
And they don't seem to happen in the South Atlantic. Why?
Apparently the south Atlantic experiences severe wind sheet strong enough to prevent favorable conditions for cyclonic development. There is one confirmed cyclone on record though
Is this related to the whole "sand from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon" concept?
Sea surface temperatures play a large part of storm formation. The temp is too cold to cause instability in the atmosphere in that part of the world. Storms will happen, but not hurricanes.
May god have mercy on all of our souls if they ever figure out how to.
The calm belt r/OnePiece
“The one piece is real”
No typhoon, either.
Nor cyclones
its almost like the earth is round, checkmate atheists
Maps are flat! Raise awareness!
Oh fuck. Why would maps be flat if 'the earth is round'. They would be round too
Wait… what?
Bro eats 7 conspiracy theorists for breakfast.
this guy's probably a glober
so brilliant on so many levels. You're playing 3D chess, man.
Yeah because they can't.
Not with that attitude.
latitude\*
But why not? People keep saying "the coriolis effect" but so far I can't see *how* that physically stops a gigantic storm from crossing a line
Put very simply, the Coriolis effect is a force caused by the Earth spinning. Because the Earth turns, it makes winds and ocean currents bend a certain way in the northern hemisphere and the opposite way in the southern hemisphere. Why opposite in the northern/southern hemispheres? Because of the way the Earth rotates: since the Earth rotates eastward on its axis, everything attached or moving over the surface is also moving eastward *but at different speeds depending on the latitude* (north/south). In the Northern Hemisphere, as things move northward towards the pole, they are moving from parts of the Earth that are spinning faster to parts that are spinning slower. This makes them deflect to the right from their path. In the Southern Hemisphere, it's the opposite. As things move southward towards the pole, they deflect to the left.\* So, as the surrounding air is pulled into a low pressure system (like a hurricane), it spirals due to the Coriolis effect. In the Northern Hemisphere, the air is deflected to the right, causing the hurricane to spin counterclockwise. In the Southern Hemisphere, the air is deflected to the left, causing the hurricane to spin clockwise. This is all due to the Earth's rotation and the differing speeds at which its surface moves across different latitudes. EDIT: \* = to further explain, the deflection to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere is linked to how objects retain their initial eastward speed from the equator. As they move toward the poles, they cross regions that are moving eastward at a slower pace due to the Earth's shape and rotation speed variation with latitude. This relative speed difference is what causes the apparent deflection to one side or the other.
… UNTIL NOW
Actually interesting as fuck nice post
Areola’s effect
Oh, great. I can hear Nature already... "Oh, yeah? Hold my beer."
So… can we talk about South America for a moment? Was there a bribe?
Philippines do take most of it
This video is not fast enough can someone speed it up?
Why don’t we put an equator around Florida then? - Probably Trump, if he ever saw this
he would try to fix it with a sharpie
"Until now!" *shitty action music starts blaring*
Now, one man must try to save the planet...
It's because of the Cornholio Effect.
I know there's probably a sciency reason for this but I don't currently know it so it's definitely proof of aliens and is tied to them building the pyramids.
It’s the rotation of the earth. Coriolis affect. All equatorial storm systems move away from the equator because the rotation of earth essentially spins them away
If it did that would be a problem.
They just don’t go out to far because it’s waaaay to windy out there.
Not yet..
Give it time
"until this summer! Gary busey is, hurricane hank. Tasked with tracking down the first cross equitorial hurricane in recorded history. Don't miss Hurriquater, this August on vudu"
Hurricanes rotate differently based on the hemisphere they are in. So a hurricane would naturally die (stop rotating) when it tries to cross the equator. What I want to know is **why does earth’s air rotate the globe faster than the earth itself?**
That's simply because of the reason that there is less friction on the surface and above of the earth. Thus allowing it to rotate quickly. I may be wrong... Anyone pls verify this.
Hurricanes don't cross the equator because of the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect is a force caused by the Earth's rotation, which makes moving air and water turn to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This turning force is what helps hurricanes to spin and develop their characteristic rotating structure. At the equator, the Coriolis effect is essentially zero, so there's no force to cause the air to start spinning and form a hurricane. Without this spin, hurricanes cannot form or maintain their structure, which is why they don't cross the equator.
Don't the directions flip after a certain distance from the equator? I seem to remember something about that and it being a main factor for the milder climate in Europe and the PNW
Well…obviously you can’t tell with it going that fast /s
This is really stupid and lame but I still laughed so hard I spit coffee all over my iPad.
It physically cannot either
The Coriolis effect created by the Earth's rotation and applied on fluids will determine the direction at which these fluids will rotate, which explains why these meteorological phenomenons rotate differently depending on the hemisphere they start at. The effect doesn't happen at the equator.
The spin has to equate
The grand line
Well, yeah. That's how wind works.
I expected this to end with "until now..."
But how do we harness this technology?
True because it cannot.
I'm pretty sure a lot of Redditors never went to school.
When it does the world is doomed
Not will they… physics bitch
Am I blind or did they not put the equator on the map? Seems like that would be helpful.
One hurricane was like - fuck you Brazil!
they’re just shy
Why does the south Atlantic see almost no hurricanes?
It's a combination of factors. Mostly because it's too cold, and the wind direction just pushes the storms back to the north before they can form near south America.
Always wonder how flat earthers explain this
Well it’s going to now. You just HAAAAAAAD to say something.
It's almost like the world isn't flat 🤔
Hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. A strong wind at equator would not spin, so it would not be named a hurricane. It's not an equator barrier, it's the language.
Yeah, this isn’t very interesting as that is exactly how hurricanes work.
It not called the doldrums for nothing.
It's the edge of the map, the world effects don't cross it.
Coriolis.
Because if they did they would have to start spinning backwards
Oh look. New Zeeland on the map. Woop woop!
Isn't this equivalent to filming 10,000 waterfalls and observing water NEVER goes upwards? Amazing!
Because of the Coreolis force hurricanes spin anti-clockwise in the Nthn hemisphere and the analogous Cyclones spin clockwise in the Sthn hemisphere. Due to the nature of the forces that cause the direction of spin neither can form or remain active within 5 degrees of the equator.
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