NEWS FROM THE EQUATOR
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-11-30_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Galapagos.</a>)  There's no danger from cyclones such as hurricanes or typhoons; this apparent force, named for a French scientist, which describes the rotation of winds, is zero at the equator'
the Coriolis effect