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Originally Posted by Rlyss
Well since the toilets are out of the question, everyone should fill up their sink and let it drain out. Like I said, in Australia mine drains counter-clockwise, without any jets or help at all.
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Thats why I brought this up in the first place. I remember when I was on a ship, which we went down to Australia, the water created a clockwise vortex in the Northern Hemisphere, and a counterclockwise vortex in the Southern Hemisphere. And when we were near the equator there was no discernable direction when the water went down the sink.
The water here in California goes down the drain clockwise. It doesn't mater what type of sink you have, or bathtub for that matter. With no other forces (i.e. jets from the toilet) the water in the Northern Hemisphere will make a Clockwise Vortex. I even saw this cool documentary on
Lake Peigneur, in Louisianna, where they accidently drilled a hole in the top of a salt mine (while drilling in the lake for oil). The whole lake went down this 14" hole into the salt mine, sucking in barges and everything. The vortex that sucked down these barges was going
clockwise!
Get the DVD here or catch it on the history channel.
to make this short now, just fill up your sinks, pull the plug and watch the vortex. Those in the North will see it go clockwise, those 'down under' will see it go counterclockwise.
