Almost 90% of American households use air conditioning, and 66% of that is central AC. The regions with the most AC use are the Midwest and South, according to the U.S. Energy Information ...

Winds always rotate in a counterclockwise sense around hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere. Winds in tornadoes usually rotate counterclockwise, but in perhaps five percent of tornadoes, clockwise ...

Walt Disney World is testing a new route for the Magic Kingdom Express Monorail. Beginning today, Disney has started testing a new route for the Express Monorail that typically takes guests directly ...

It is going to be hot this weekend. Like, really hot. And, while sweating does have its perks, it’s not something I’m interested in doing all weekend long. But I also don’t want to spend boatloads of ...

Inside almost every house in the world, there is a mob of ceiling fans whose cold metal blades start rotating, slicing hot ...

In probably 95 percent of tornado occurrences the wind circulation is counterclockwise, but not all of the time. In the majority of tornadoes, air spirals into a tornado in a large counterclockwise ...

ST. LOUIS — Time to look up. In this heat your ceiling fan is probably on, but the direction it is turning makes a difference. According to Ameren Missouri Director of Dorsett and St. Charles ...

During this hot summer, some people are looking for any way to stay cool. One solution is as simple as flicking a switch: reversing the direction of a ceiling fan. This change can keep a room’s ...

An often overlooked switch on ceiling fans could be the key to staying a bit cooler this summer. If you’ve ever taken a close look at the fan, you may have noticed a small switch located on the side ...

The Detroit People Mover began operating counter-clockwise today, and will do so on weekends in February and then daily beginning March 1, the Detroit Transportation Corporation announced. It is the ...