[ExI] Coriolis effect too small?/was Re: simple solution to health care

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Dan<dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- On Thu, 6/25/09, Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Holy crap. You've got to get back to where the toilets
>> flush the right
>> way, before some really serious shit happens.
>
> I thought that was just a myth.  Isn't the coriolis effect is so tiny, it's swamped by local effects?  I've seen drains go either way in the Northern hemisphere.  Am I experiencing an anamoly?

### No, the swirling direction is determined by the design of the
toilet, not Coriolis force.

Rafal