The Earth is 100% Round… Here’s the Final Proof
While I love a good conspiracy theory, the “Flat Earth” shenanigans have been going on for far too long. This undeniable fact is all the proof one could need to squash the flat Earth debate once and for all!
Remember the theory your friend in fourth grade told you about toilets on the other side of the world? Of course you do, and you’re probably leaving this page right now to go find out if it was true all along.
To be honest, toilets don’t impress me too much, but moving bodies on a rotating surface do!
The old story is that toilets on opposite sides of the world would flush in opposite directions. Clockwise for one side, counter-clockwise for the other.
Yeah, yeah, go ahead and YouTube it because I’m not going to explain it here!
Much like the toilet flushes, it is absolutely true that hurricanes on opposite sides of the globe rotate in opposite directions. It’s observable, obvious, and well documented.
That is precisely why it makes the PERFECT and final proof that the Earth is round!
The Coriolis Effect
What the hell is this “Coriolis Effect” and what does it have to do with the Earth being round?
In the simplest of terms, the Coriolis effect is what happens to moving bodies on a rotating surface. Think about rolling a ball across a merry-go-round that is in motion.
Let’s say you and a friend are sitting on opposite ends of the object’s diameter as it is spinning. You want to roll a ball back and forth. Assuming there is nothing in the way of the ball, you and your friend should be able to roll the ball without any problem.
From your frame of reference, the ball just rolls over to your friend in a straight line.
However, from a different frame of reference, standing outside of the merry-go-round, the ball appears to move in an arc as it rolls across the ride.
Not only does it appear to move in an arc, it actually does move in an arc.
Now, this article is not meant to go into great detail about how the Coriolis effect works, but it is quite fascinating, so you should watch the video in the hyperlink above.
In fact, the Coriolis effect is actually used to measure and calculate the mass flow of gasses in a closed pipe. They are called “Coriolis Meters” or “Mass Flow Meters”. The technology is quite fascinating — and extremely expensive!
The point is, because the Earth is a rotating surface on which we all ride, any object moving in a perceived straight line is actually moving in an arc! While there are other things that go into plotting flight courses, you can easily see this demonstrated when you fly across the United States or the Pacific Ocean.
Again, there are other factors that go into a curved flight path, but the fact that the Earth is rotating under you while you’re flying in the air is certainly a major one.
Just think about it for a second. If you were to fly from LA to Tokyo in a complete straight line, without veering off course (somehow), you would not be landing in Tokyo. Depending on your flight path, you could end up in Russia, or maybe even in the Pacific Ocean! (As I am not an aviation expert, please do excuse any inconsistencies in the geography of landing in Russia when aiming for Tokyo)
Now, the image above is of a flight path in the Northern Hemisphere. Notice the direction of travel, and toward which pole the arc is drawn.
In this image, you see another curved flight path, but the arc is being drawn toward the opposite pole. How could that be? Why would the arc bow in the opposite direction just because you’re in the Southern Hemisphere?
Well, it has to do with the shape of the planet itself. And the actual reason for the differences in flight paths is because of the shape of Earth.
It’s because Earth is a ROUND sphere!
Okay, it’s not perfectly round, but I can assure you that it’s not even close to being a flat 2-dimensional plane.
Rotating Hurricanes
Now it’s time to get to the meat of the story.
Hurricanes.
Specifically, the direction in which they rotate depends on the hemisphere in which they are travelling.
See, like any object, a hurricane wants to move in a straight line. The shortest distance between any two points is always a straight line, right? Well… no… we just proved that to be false.
The Earth, on the other hand, isn’t going to slow down for anybody — especially a monstrous hurricane. The Earth is going to keep on rotating on its axis as it has done for the last billions of years. Because of that, hurricanes not only take a curved “flight path”, they rotate as they travel.
Depending on in which hemisphere the hurricane is travelling, the hurricane will rotate in a different direction. Much like the toilets on opposite sides of the planet flushing in opposite directions.
If the Earth were actually flat, hurricanes would still rotate — assuming the Flat Earth model still rotates about its axis.
However…
If the Earth were truly flat, then all hurricanes ever would spin in the same direction regardless of where they are travelling or how they form. The geometry of the flat Earth would be so that all moving objects would deflect in the exact same direction regardless of direction or location of travel.
But, as we can CLEARLY see, literally with our eyes, hurricanes do rotate in opposite directions depending on their hemispherical location.
And, as we can see, all moving objects are NOT deflected in the same direction regardless of location and direction of travel.
Can We Stop With the Flat Earth Now?
Despite the potential mistakes made about flight paths, it is absolutely true that if the Earth were flat, hurricanes would all rotate in the same direction. That part, you can take to the bank.
The good news is, as previously mentioned, this phenomena is well documented, cannot be denied, and makes perfect sense to any sane mind!
In fact, if you’d like to confront a Flat Earther with this proof, you need to make sure they agree with you that hurricanes do rotate differently in different hemispheres (well, use “side of the Earth” — “hemisphere” insinuates the Earth is round, and they startle easy).
Once they agree with you that it is true, you can hit them up with the TRUTH!
Earth is NOT flat, and it never will be. While there is plenty of other evidence, and MUCH better evidence out there, this cannot be denied easily as hurricanes are generally common knowledge.
What do YOU think? Can this potentially crush the Flat Earth theory once and for all? Will anything?
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