Talk:Equator
From Academic Kids
"Normal seasons can not occur at the equator."
Yet equatorial countries do have seasons. What is the explanation for this? Participation in non-local weather systems? -- The Anome
That's why I said "Normal" --- Karl Palmen
I deleted the sentence
- "Normal seasons can not occur at the equator."
What constitutes a "normal" season is relative, and it is absurd to identify spring/summer/winter/fall as "normal" seasons just because many wikipedians live in temperate zones and are used to it. It's like saying, people in the tropics don't speak a normal language, because whatever they speak it isn't what I am used to. No, the seasons at the equator, just like the languages people speak, are indeed different from what you find in Nebraska (for example) -- but that doesn't make them abnormal. Indeed, people time all sorts of activities according to their seasons.
People who live on the equator identify all sorts of seasons and a good encyclopedia article will explore this. I don't know enough to do justice to it, but I hope my change is a step in the right direction. SR
