> *Sigh...* Ah, well, at least now I can be an advocate of the one and only TRUTH! :-)
>
> Trav"still learning something new almost every day, and un-learning old stuff..."holt

Yeah. I think it's pretty funny that on the q_drainingwater.htm "Coriolis Effect Explained and Demythologized," they get the current flow directions backward:

"The coriolis force is what causes ocean currents, for instance, to flow clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclokwise down under. The coriolis force only works on very big things like oceans, though."

Huh. This makes me wonder whether I'm picturing the direction of flow on hurricane vortices correctly. Is the direction of flow on a hurricane INWARDS, towards the middle of the funnel (i.e., around a low pressure center I believe), or OUTWARDS, towards the edges of the hurricane?