Re: "Countersunwise" -- Prelude to WPS

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Posted by Leon Joffe on September 22, 1999 at 23:24:17:

In Reply to: "Countersunwise" -- Prelude to WPS posted by Rob Kafka on September 17, 1999 at 07:32:12:

"Countersunwise" in the sense of blotting out the sun, at the same time as coming in from the sea (the west)

The word is a pleasant "surprise" on the standard "counterclockwise"; less mechanical.

The "pivot" concept is also powerful; implying the oldfashioned notion of the sun rotating around the earth, pivoting around the earth, this massive storm pivoting against it; clash of titans.

: Why "countersunwise"? I would understand counter-clockwise, since the low-pressure systems rotate that way . . .

: In what sense is the motion of the storm counter to the sun's apparent motion (I suppose he means from east to west).

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: "Countersunwise" in the sense of blotting out the sun, at the same time as coming in from the sea (the west) : The word is a pleasant "surprise" on the standard "counterclockwise"; less mechanical. : The "pivot" concept is also powerful; implying the oldfashioned notion of the sun rotating around the earth, pivoting around the earth, this massive storm pivoting against it; clash of titans. : : : Why "countersunwise"? I would understand counter-clockwise, since the low-pressure systems rotate that way . . . : : In what sense is the motion of the storm counter to the sun's apparent motion (I suppose he means from east to west).

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