"A pendulum clock brought from the equator to a northern country will run fast. Arctic rivers cut deepest into their right banks, and hunters lost in the north woods unconsciously veer to the right as the earth turns beneath their feet. And in the north the dangerous storms from the west often begin with an east wind.

"All of these things are related to the Coriolis, the reeling gyroscopic effect of the Earth's spin that creates wind and flows of weather, the countering backwashes and eddies of storms."

From the Pulitzer prize-winning book, The Shipping News, by E. Annie Proulx.

Anything that flies (planes, birds, missiles, space rockets) is affected by the Coriolis effect.

Fascinating!

I love reading. Reading opens up worlds, introduces me to different cultures, people, countries, families and points of view. It medicates my overactive mind.

What are you reading these days?