
Listener Questions 40: Ways our Universe could end us
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Coriolis Force and Storms
The strongest typhoon on Earth or equivalently hurricane depending on which ocean you're in was in 1979. It lasted for weeks and it was a thousand miles wide. Storms get spinning because of the Coriolis force, which is why these storms spin differently in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. If you have a hurricane-sized toilet, that will definitely affect you.
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