• Maalus@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    No. It’s because the earth spins faster there. Them turning a certain direction is a result, not a cause.

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      3 hours ago

      A) The Earth spins at the same speed. What you are talking about is the tangential speed.

      B) The tangential speed is not much faster at the equator than 100km South or North of it.

      C) The speed difference would not explain why they don’t cross the equator. It may explain (partially) why there are no hurricanes further away from the equator.

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        2 hours ago

        I love it when people use bulletpoints to seem smart when they are so confidently wrong

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          2 hours ago

          Considering that I did not use bullet points, I guess you are talking about yourself 🤣