Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA03074; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:44:22 -0700 Return-Path: <robg@Cadence.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from mailgate.Cadence.COM by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA026694732; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:45:32 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by mailgate.Cadence.COM (8.6.8/8.6.8) id JAA16927 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:40:24 -0700 Received: from cadence.cadence.com(158.140.18.1) by mailgate.cadence.com via smap (V1.0mjr) id sma016884; Tue Aug 29 09:40:13 1995 Received: from cds735 by cadence.Cadence.COM (5.61/3.14) id AA17692; Tue, 29 Aug 95 09:40:07 -0700 Received: by cds735 (5.65+/1.4) id AA08071; Tue, 29 Aug 95 09:42:50 -0700 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 09:42:50 -0700 From: robg@Cadence.COM-DeleteThis (Rob Garneau) Message-Id: <9508291642.AA08071@cds735> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: WIND_TALK digest 64
> Think of the tides as very long period waves. This tidal wave emanates
> from a node somewhere between Mexico and Hawaii and travels northward toward
> us.
Since the sun rises in the East, the earth rotates counterclockwise if looking
at it from the north pole, and the tides are caused by gravitational pull
of the sun and moon, it seems like the tidal waves should be moving towards
the west. How do you explain the reversal of direction here?
Thanks,
Rob
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