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Where did the saying "east is least, west is best" come from, to do with weather or navigation?
It's hurricane season and I always have to use this saying to remember which side of the storm is considered "dirty", or the side we don't want to be on in an indirect hit. I've heard people use this in reference to the wind when fishing. Catch fewer fish in an east wind.
I was looking for the origin of the saying and came across a hiker's guide using this saying (or a variation of it) as a way to take declination into account when finding true north.
this site: http://www.gorp.com/hiking-guide/travel-ta-hiking-sidwcmdev_057976.html
So where does this saying originate? It seems to apply to a wide range of subjects.
The west side of the Hurricane is the better side to be on because of the counter clockwise spin of Hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere. The East side of a Hurricane usually brings the most destruction and is the side of a hurricane that you would like to avoid.
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