# A.P. breaks big wind story-storms reverse direction

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**Created:** [November 9, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-p-breaks-big-wind-story-storms-reverse-direction/673504 "2013-11-09T13:22:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-p-breaks-big-wind-story-storms-reverse-direction/673504/1 "2013-11-09T13:22:28Z")

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After 195-mph sustained winds raked the Philippines, the Associated Press has revealed that hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons that are north of the equator now rotate clockwise and those south of the equator rotate counterclockwise. Be warned.

[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hurricane-cyclone-typhoon-heres-difference](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hurricane-cyclone-typhoon-heres-difference)

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-p-breaks-big-wind-story-storms-reverse-direction/673504/2 "2013-11-09T15:00:50Z")

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Ok, who do I blame for this change, Global Warming or Obama? 😃

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-p-breaks-big-wind-story-storms-reverse-direction/673504/3 "2013-11-09T15:05:07Z")

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> [@Foggy](#):
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> Ok, who do I blame for this change, Global Warming or Obama? 😃

Seth Borenstein, I guess. Maybe \*60 Minutes \*will do a follow up.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-p-breaks-big-wind-story-storms-reverse-direction/673504/4 "2013-11-09T16:30:49Z")

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The AP should stay away from the beans.

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**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-p-breaks-big-wind-story-storms-reverse-direction/673504/5 "2013-11-09T19:56:44Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> The AP should stay away from the beans.

Yeah, I read the title as AP breaks wind. Came in here expecting a lot more. 😛