The Coriolis Effect

Most people would consider moving from New York to Los Angeles is pretty much the farthest you can go in the contiguous United States. My move was a little more significant in distance as my 1^st layover was in LAX. Moving across the country is one thing, moving to another continent is another, and moving from the northern hemisphere to the Australia/Asia Pacific region of the southern hemisphere is a completely different issue. From watching The Simpson’s (Bart-vs- Australia)I learned of the main difference I would be facing; the vaunted Coriolis effect.

Water spinning in a different direction down a drain was going to be a big change for me. I knew that I would have to change and adapt to the new environment and my surrounding not vice-versa; I was assuming I would have little to no impact on the environment in return.

Shortly after arriving in the southern hemisphere (specifically to the Australia/Asia Pacific region) there were wild fires in Australia (not to uncommon), there was massive flooding in Queensland (extremely uncommon), then there was cyclone Yasi which tore through Queensland, multiple earthquakes in New Zealand; most of Christchurch was levelled, and lastly there was a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan that unleashed a map-changing tsunami; this tsunami also lead to a nuclear plant melting down as well.

I have only been in the Australia/Asia pacific region for 17 months now and there have been numerous devastating moments that will forever be recorded in the history books. Without trying to come across as a person that is having delusions of grandeur; does the theory of the onset of these events coinciding with my arrival in the region hold any water and if it does would that water be effected by the Coriolis effect?