The Coriolis effect has little to no impact on the direction of draining water in a toilet. The flow direction is driven by the Manufacturers installed water jets regardless of what hemisphere your on. A partial blockage such as calcium build up in the discharge jets could potentially redirect the flow..
Indeed one can force it to go the other way by swirling the water the other way, although I do not recommend you experiment by putting your hand down the toilet while flushing. Perhaps experiment when the bath is emptying...
Magnetic poles do flip every few thousand, but it's a slow process, it doesn't happen quickly. The problem with that is that for the years that it takes to flip, Earth's magnetic field weakens and more gamma rays hit Earth and humans and animals are exposed to increased radiation... causes mutations, cancers, and other ills.
Ah well, now that's a different matter. We were discussing magnetic pole shift. What you are referring to is a much more controversial subject, actual, physical pole shift. There is evidence in Antarctica and elsewhere that once regions that were temperate and fertile "suddenly" became frigid and uninhabitable. Various theories from Immanuel Velikovsky, Zecharia Sitchin, and others describe how (in their opinions) the Earth actually rolled over physically, and suddenly in a matter of hours leading to widespread cataclysms and the Earth being wiped clean of nearly all living things.
Ancient flood accounts from nearly every civilization and mastodon carcasses being found at the Arctic Circle with flowers and leaves still in their mouths suggest perhaps something like that happened in the distant path.
But we can't conflate the two "poles"... magnetic poles refer ONLY to the magnetic field of N and S. The physical poles are specific geological positions and for the most part are very stable.... until they aren't. Some theories suggest that we are about to experience a physical pole shift, but so far it's in the realm of conspiracy theories, the planet Nibiru, and the Zeta Talk website (https://www.zetatalk.com/ ).
I'm not saying any of these cataclysm theories are valid, just putting them out there for you to consider.
I'm not sure we have any definitive information on the switch event and how long the process takes. It could be fast or slow, but the time scale is another important question. Does it take minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades or centuries? I don't know if enough evidence has been discovered to know with any certainty. I believe the periodicity of the pole swap was something like every 60k+ years, of course we don't have any human records of the pole shift, so knowing anything with certainty is based on geological evidence and unfortunately our time scales on this type of evidence is not very accurate.
Generally scientists believe that magnetic pole shifts happen approx. every 300,000 years. I'm basing my statement on things I have read in the past about magnetic pole shifts. I believe such conclusions were drawn from volcanic ash and other geological sediments that show ferrous (iron) deposits responding to magnetic alignments before being solidified in situ. And we can see that the current magnetic poles have been slowly meandering for several decades, as shown here: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/GeomagneticPoles.shtml
I think the problem with our ability to estimate geological core samples is limited by carbon 14 dating inaccuracies. Organic matter needs to be located in the same strata as the reoriented ferrous materials that show one directionality of magnetic alignment over another. The issue is that the time can be estimated by the ratio of decay of the carbon-14 isotope vs the daughter isotope. This is all relied upon with the factor that the carbon-14 amount is consistent on this planet. Unfortunately, we have found that carbon-14 levels are artificially deposited by space debris that impacts the earth. Since the rate of additional carbon-14 deposit on the planet is unknown, it fouls up the calculations and makes the usage of carbon-14 aging unreliable.
The core and rock samples used to detect previous pole shifts did not rely on Carbon-14 dating, as inorganic materials cannot be dated that way...only organic materials (trees, bones, etc.) can be C-14 dated. The geologists who detected the pole shifts did so based on the directions that ferrous (iron, ergo magnetic) were pointing in situ when they were discovered. The ferrous samples pointed in different directions other than magnetic N-S at the time they were discovered.
Yes, this is how they determined there was a pole shift. The strata that the shifted ferrous samples were taken from were used to locate organic matter in the same approximate strata at a site that had organic matter in it. This is where they tested Carbon-14 for dating. Without any organic matter, they would have no way of determining the periodicity of the pole shifts.
I never really watch the direction of the swirl, but I pretty much believe there will be no pole shift. Has to do with my sense of Biblical cosmology. Bible seems to say the Earth doesn't really move. Copernicus is the first one who said the Earth moves.
Counter-clockwise fren…. “Because of the Coriolis Effect, hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, while these types of storms spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. ”
No...I am pretty sure the poles are in the process of switching and perhaps have switched...I read about it several years ago...some interesting articles online about this...
IIRC, the swirling is due to earths rotation and the coriolis effect, not the magnetic poles. The magnetic poles are moving, not the rotational axis...
The Coriolis effect has little to no impact on the direction of draining water in a toilet. The flow direction is driven by the Manufacturers installed water jets regardless of what hemisphere your on. A partial blockage such as calcium build up in the discharge jets could potentially redirect the flow..
Indeed one can force it to go the other way by swirling the water the other way, although I do not recommend you experiment by putting your hand down the toilet while flushing. Perhaps experiment when the bath is emptying...
Haha. You are good. I like your idea.
Grab a compass. Is it facing the opposite direction?
this should be a shitpost
Magnetic poles do flip every few thousand, but it's a slow process, it doesn't happen quickly. The problem with that is that for the years that it takes to flip, Earth's magnetic field weakens and more gamma rays hit Earth and humans and animals are exposed to increased radiation... causes mutations, cancers, and other ills.
Doesn't happen quickly?
Ask those pot bellied elongated skulled giants in Antarctica about that.
Are you referring to the skulls found in Paracas, Peru? Yup, I'm familiar with that mystery. But how does that refute what I said about pole shift?
Oh, I'm not refuting the pole shift. It's the only thing I. Aware of that cold flash freeze a civilization.
Ah well, now that's a different matter. We were discussing magnetic pole shift. What you are referring to is a much more controversial subject, actual, physical pole shift. There is evidence in Antarctica and elsewhere that once regions that were temperate and fertile "suddenly" became frigid and uninhabitable. Various theories from Immanuel Velikovsky, Zecharia Sitchin, and others describe how (in their opinions) the Earth actually rolled over physically, and suddenly in a matter of hours leading to widespread cataclysms and the Earth being wiped clean of nearly all living things.
Ancient flood accounts from nearly every civilization and mastodon carcasses being found at the Arctic Circle with flowers and leaves still in their mouths suggest perhaps something like that happened in the distant path.
But we can't conflate the two "poles"... magnetic poles refer ONLY to the magnetic field of N and S. The physical poles are specific geological positions and for the most part are very stable.... until they aren't. Some theories suggest that we are about to experience a physical pole shift, but so far it's in the realm of conspiracy theories, the planet Nibiru, and the Zeta Talk website (https://www.zetatalk.com/ ).
I'm not saying any of these cataclysm theories are valid, just putting them out there for you to consider.
I'm not sure we have any definitive information on the switch event and how long the process takes. It could be fast or slow, but the time scale is another important question. Does it take minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades or centuries? I don't know if enough evidence has been discovered to know with any certainty. I believe the periodicity of the pole swap was something like every 60k+ years, of course we don't have any human records of the pole shift, so knowing anything with certainty is based on geological evidence and unfortunately our time scales on this type of evidence is not very accurate.
Generally scientists believe that magnetic pole shifts happen approx. every 300,000 years. I'm basing my statement on things I have read in the past about magnetic pole shifts. I believe such conclusions were drawn from volcanic ash and other geological sediments that show ferrous (iron) deposits responding to magnetic alignments before being solidified in situ. And we can see that the current magnetic poles have been slowly meandering for several decades, as shown here: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/GeomagneticPoles.shtml
Then there is this:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi_ru6exeX9AhVrIEQIHRKbD2UQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Fearth-magnetic-field-unlikely-to-flip&usg=AOvVaw0rNXPPyu74LGlhgKPjqYeT
I think the problem with our ability to estimate geological core samples is limited by carbon 14 dating inaccuracies. Organic matter needs to be located in the same strata as the reoriented ferrous materials that show one directionality of magnetic alignment over another. The issue is that the time can be estimated by the ratio of decay of the carbon-14 isotope vs the daughter isotope. This is all relied upon with the factor that the carbon-14 amount is consistent on this planet. Unfortunately, we have found that carbon-14 levels are artificially deposited by space debris that impacts the earth. Since the rate of additional carbon-14 deposit on the planet is unknown, it fouls up the calculations and makes the usage of carbon-14 aging unreliable.
The core and rock samples used to detect previous pole shifts did not rely on Carbon-14 dating, as inorganic materials cannot be dated that way...only organic materials (trees, bones, etc.) can be C-14 dated. The geologists who detected the pole shifts did so based on the directions that ferrous (iron, ergo magnetic) were pointing in situ when they were discovered. The ferrous samples pointed in different directions other than magnetic N-S at the time they were discovered.
Yes, this is how they determined there was a pole shift. The strata that the shifted ferrous samples were taken from were used to locate organic matter in the same approximate strata at a site that had organic matter in it. This is where they tested Carbon-14 for dating. Without any organic matter, they would have no way of determining the periodicity of the pole shifts.
I never really watch the direction of the swirl, but I pretty much believe there will be no pole shift. Has to do with my sense of Biblical cosmology. Bible seems to say the Earth doesn't really move. Copernicus is the first one who said the Earth moves.
I watched when I went to NZ and Australia. I have been there twice and I did not see anything.
The sun recently switched poles, but it does this every eleven years.
STFU.
your imagination/ mine still swirls the same way LOL.
PS. Toilet design creates a specific flush direction. Doesn't change..
Should be clockwise in the northern hemisphere
Counter-clockwise fren…. “Because of the Coriolis Effect, hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, while these types of storms spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. ”
Trick question. Did you recently travel to the other hemisphere?
The inner core stopped spinning and reversed according to the “science”
Counterclockwise, my toilet is built to use the swirl.
No...I am pretty sure the poles are in the process of switching and perhaps have switched...I read about it several years ago...some interesting articles online about this...
IIRC, the swirling is due to earths rotation and the coriolis effect, not the magnetic poles. The magnetic poles are moving, not the rotational axis...
Try your bathtub and sink. Toilets have directional water flow.
Question to OP: were you sitting down or standing up when pissing?
Fill the sink the pull the drain and see which way it goes!