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by technios on June 9th, 2009

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Does the wind blow north, south, east, west, or is it wafted in circles by the earth's rotation generally east and would only blow west if the earth stopped spinning?

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  • by JakobA I^_^I the alooney on July 31st, 2010

    JakobA I^_^I the alooney

    It is called coriolis force, and take enough mental gymnatics to understand that I am not going to try and explain it.

    But read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect

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