31 Dec 05
That ain't nothing. I live in San Diego, California where it has been sunny, cool (21-23 Celsius during the day) with 40% humidity. At night it has been around 10C). The best weather in the states, and arguably in the whole world. Only problem is that we have to get our water from the Colorado River hundreds of miles away. It's rained (quantifyably) only about 3 times since June 15 when I got here. The surf has been raging (about 15-20 ft), and the surfers are happy...one guy drowned.....other than prices sucking, it's great here...
31 Dec 05
Originally posted by Whats goin on ehtry
can you flush a toilet for me and send me a video, hopefully not containing wastes?
I had a summer like that here, but it was considered the hottest and driest on record. Then we get into -30's and no one is complaining!
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/tempmaps.cgi?page=map&variable=tmax&period=daily&area=aus
31 Dec 05
Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnowIt has an effect assuming the sink is perfectly symmetrical with no small features that would make it change direction as the Coriolis effect is only a weak one but when there are no others then it will prevail. The normal sink can go either way due to an irregular shape or maybe the way the plug was removed.
Don't be stupid, which hemisphere you are in has no effect on what way the toilets flush. Professor Alistair B. Fraser debunks this quite simply on his site.
[b]"Compared to the rotations that one usually sees (tires on a travelling automobile, a compact disc playing music, or a draining sink), the rotation of the Earth is very small: only one rot ...[text shortened]... their hands --- or their minds. "
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html[/b]
I would like to see Professor Alistair B. Fraser change the way a hurricane rotates.
31 Dec 05
Originally posted by BonfaFor all those thermically challanged, 42 degrees C = 109 degrees F!!
In australia (Melbourne)
I am melting
42 degrees
its been high 30's for the last 3 days
I was checking the weather channel
Nearly all of New south wales (sydney)
was above 40
Just some interesting news
Bonfa
So you can bet your boopy he's hot, thats even hot for Phoenix.
31 Dec 05
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Originally posted by sonhouseBah, you are joking, right? 109F during an average summer in Phoenix is a cold snap...
For all those thermically challanged, 42 degrees C = 109 degrees F!!
So you can bet your boopy he's hot, thats even hot for Phoenix.
Actually, it's more fair to say that 109 is warm, but not excruciatingly hot... in Metro Phoenix, the all-time record is 122, and the airport had to shut down temporarily because the tires on the jets were getting too soft... now that's hot...
EDIT: typo
31 Dec 05
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Originally posted by Will EverittIf you bothered to read the link I posted, you would have noticed that he say this. I didn't bother posting that part because the point is that any normal sink or toilet draining won't be affected, you would probably have to let the sink sit for days.
It has an effect assuming the sink is perfectly symmetrical with no small features that would make it change direction as the Coriolis effect is only a weak one but when there are no others then it will prevail. The normal sink can go either way due to an irregular shape or maybe the way the plug was removed.
I would like to see Professor Alistair B. Fraser change the way a hurricane rotates.
And no one ever said it didn't affect hurricanes, it certainly does.
No one ever said the effect didn't exist or rotate anything, just that it isn't responsible for sink and toilet draining under normal conditions.
31 Dec 05
Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnowLet's see if I have this straight: where water in a small sink is concerned, the Coriolus effect is insignificant, but where a huge hurricane is concerned, the Coriolus effect is significant? Go figure.
If you bothered to read the link I posted, you would have noticed that he say this. I didn't bother posting that part because the point is that any normal sink or toilet draining won't be affected, you would probably have to let the sink sit for days.
And no one ever said it didn't affect hurricanes, it certainly does.
No one ever said the effec ...[text shortened]... thing, just that it isn't responsible for sink and toilet draining under normal conditions.
31 Dec 05
Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnowactually, a spinning CD is mechanical and the sink can flow the other direction if the Coriolis makes it.
. . . The Coriolis force is so small, that it plays no role in determining the direction of rotation of a draining sink anymore than it does the direction of a spinning CD . . .
anyway, you are right. Come to think of it, my teachers or textbooks never said that a toilet in the southern hemsphere flows differently than in the north. We just assumed it. When I took physics, we used hurricanes and low pressure systems as examples.
If you think about it, you realize just how obvious it is. A tornado is a powerful spinning system. In the US, tornadoes spin either clockwise or counter clockwise.
31 Dec 05
Originally posted by Pawnokeyholea hurricane is so massive that only forces originating from large objects can influence it.
Let's see if I have this straight: where water in a small sink is concerned, the Coriolus effect is insignificant, but where a huge hurricane is concerned, the Coriolus effect is significant? Go figure.
I doubt you can get a hurricane to change direction by waving your hand in the other direction.
31 Dec 05
Originally posted by BonfaThen now straight today
In australia (Melbourne)
I am melting
42 degrees
its been high 30's for the last 3 days
I was checking the weather channel
Nearly all of New south wales (sydney)
was above 40
Just some interesting news
Bonfa
its jumped from 42 degrees and sunny to 24 and raining
They say Melbourne (the city near me) is the only city in the world to have 4 seasons in one day
Its crazy