why does the gulf coast go clock wise ?
961956
Coz the water comes from the Pacific and goes into the Atlantic
51564
TV Programs are first broadcast on the East Coast and then three hours later on the West Coast.  Thus, when they say 9/8 Central, they mean that the show comes on at 9:00 PM in the Atlantic and Pacific time zones (the latter being rebroadcast.)  But rather than rebroadcasting the show in the Central time zone, they simply broadcast it at the same time.\n\nNow, since Central is one hour ahead of Atlantic, a show which is broadcast at 9:00 in the latter time zone, will play simultaneously at 8:00 in the former.
478306
Pretty much in the same location it's in now.  I don't see it getting up and moving to the coast any time soon.
632951
it does not predict the weather....but if you have a storm moving in...the direction the storm is moving makes a difference
354326
The answer is kind of complicated.  To explain it as simply as possible, it has to do with the fact that the Gulf Stream is just one part of an enormous, clockwise-spinning gyre in the North Atlantic that is powered by a combination of the Earth's rotation, interaction with semi-permanent high and low pressure regions, and surface winds.  The net effect is  to channel large of amounts of warm water northward in the  west Atlantic (as the Gulf Stream), and an equal amount of cool water south in the eastern Atlantic (as the Canary Current).
34389
I get what you're asking. The answer is that the tidal cycle from high water to low water is a little longer than twelve hours long. Because of the earth's tilted axis (that's what causes summer and winter) the tidal cycle is not a simple sine curve and the two daily high tides are not equal in height. This cycle repeats on a 14 day period. Anyway, since the Atlantic coast is only 4 hrs different that the Pacific Coast, there are 4 short periods during each 24 hour day when the tides on the Atlantic coast will be moving the opposite direction of the tides on the Pacific Coast. \n\nTo see how this works, go look at the graph on this page title "Mixed, semi-diurnal tide" and look at any given 4 hour period. You'll see the result. \nhttp://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/03-04/marine/res_resourcebkd.htm
638729
The grandfather clock works on a mechanical system of gears, spring, levers, catches and a pendulum for keeping time. Energy is stored in a wind-up spring or a weight driven axis.\n\nThe basic time keeping is achieved by a pendulum that counts time in an accurate fashion within seconds per month. This uses the principle of Periodic motion and may be adjusted to be slightly faster or slowly by shifting the pendulum ball's position slightly.\n\nThe pendulum counter then controls the movements of a system of mechanical levers, gears & wheels that are calculated to drive the second, minute and hour hands in the desired rotation ratios so that they will show the correct time.\n\nUpon the hour, the system will activate a chime via the spring driven hammers that strike tubular bells or other sounding vibrating elements. A series of activation may be composed to produce the desired melody. Some system will also provide the date for the month. In its peak, many other noviety displays such as birds, toys, animals, etc would be used to announce the top of the hour much to the delight of children and adults alike.
784427
Cyclones,hurricanes and typhoons are caused by warm tropical moister bearing clouds developing in open oceans or seas,as the atmosphere becomes favorable for development,(no wind sharing in the higher parts of the atmosphere)normal thunder storm or clump together,as the system gets larger the the pressure fall within it,what causes a system to go anti clock wise is the earth spinning on its axis(in the southern hemisphere cyclones and etc, spins in reverse when compared to the northern hemisphere).\n\nWith the help of trade winds which stares these immense giant weather systems across areas of the planet,also. but the main thing to is that they all start out as small disturbances,or low pressure areas that come into favorable areas for development. \n\nThe same is also almost true for northers or nor_Easters along the east coast of the US in winter months.\n\nOr if you are talking about tornadoes,well that the process of cold air from the north clashing with warm air from the Gulf of Mexico,as both air bodies moves along side each other a funnel shape spiral is form,this normally occur es at best in super cell charged thunder cell,due to day time heating or the leading edge of a cold front,the jet stream in this case does the staring of All weather phenomenons across the USA,and the direction at which the spiral goes is anti clock wise,caused by the earth spinning on its axis.hope this helps.
772253
Actually there are two effects going on here, both of which result in New Hampshire having an earlier sunset.  One effect is exactly what your husband said.  The people on the western edge of a time zone will have later sunrises and sunsets than those on the eastern edge.  The other factor is that NH is farther North than GA, which means it will have shorter days in the winter.
600207
Since the MS Gulf Coast is very short comparatively, the chances of a direct hit by the eye of a hurricane are pretty small in any year.  That said, with the forecast for 16 named storms this year, at least one of them is bound for the area.  4 to 6 of those 16 storms are expected to be major (cat. 3 or above).  Thus, the odds decrease some.  In addition, there are other factors such as the strength of the Bermuda High which might steer storms up the Atlantic coast instead of letting them into the Gulf.\n\nHaving said all that, you must remember just how big hurricanes are, so even an indirect hit will make a huge mess.\n\nIn short, the chances of the MS Gulf coast being impacted by a major hurricane are somewhat slim, but I certainly wouldn't just do nothing and hope for the best.  Make sure you are fully prepared starting now.
469524
It has to do with high and low pressure systems. Wind moves from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas.
1072667
It used to be very important. While latitude could be easily determined from the position of the stars, or teh sun, longitude was impossible to determine, without an accurate watch. so while captains knew their latitude very accurately , they had no idea of tehir longitude and often relied on a descxription of qweather patterns, coastlines, currents, fish, birds to try to figure out where they were, and of course often got lost :P\nThe problme was that since all clocks at that time were pendulum based, the motion of teh ship would dirupt the pendulum and make watches impossible on a ship. Until a british watchmaker invented a new type of pendulum tha t was imprevious to the ships motion, making teh british the foremost naval empire on the sea
301594
Alabama is in the Central Time Zone
549074
A meridian is an arbitrary line, it is straight and goes through anything in it's path.  Can you envision a world where time zones did that.  It is bad enough that a country can have multiple time zones but what about states.  Half of the state on one time and the other half on another time setting.  Now let's get really serious.  How about a city.  can you imagine having to cross a time zone to go to work or to go to the market.  City agencies would be snarled all the time.  And we could be as silly as having you home split with two clocks on the same wall displaying different times and both being correct.\n\nThe time zones are established to be a bit more user friendly than that.\n\nI hope that gives you a bit of the rational.
307489
It's because of something called the Coriolis effect, which is due to the earth's rotation. (First reference).  The basic idea is that, because the earth is rotating fastest at the equator, things moving north or south feel a slight deflection to the west or east.\n\nAir spirals into the center of a hurricane. So, imagine a lump of air that starts to the north of the hurricane's center. As that air moves south, it's going to enter areas where the earth is moving slightly faster. Since the earth spins toward the east, this lump of air will fall behind slightly, and, from our point of view, move towards the west.  A lump of air starting on the south of the hurricane, sees the reverse: it moves north, and is thus moving slightly faster to the east than the hurricane center. \n\nIn the southern hemisphere, this is reversed, and cyclones there spin clockwise.
337819
The direction that a clock goes is entirely dependent on how it is made.  You can easily put the numbers in the opposite direction above the equator and have it work, so which side of the equator it's made on doesn't really matter.
196749
no, it's because of the rotation of the earth.  Clocks in the southern hemisphere go around the other direction, like your toilet ;-).\n\nIt's because the shadow on a sun dial in England goes around that direction.