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Chers tous,desmondchan71 a écrit : ↑02 mars 2020, 09:09 Dear all,
This 'bug' topic has lasted for over 10 years. This time I want to talk about the 'bug' related to weather or climate.
1. It seldom rained in the whole show except Episode 1 (Barcelona), Episode 3 (Magellan Strait, in the form of snow) and Episode 21 (Amazon). Of course one can 'blame' Estebanas he is the child of the Sun and blows away all the rain cloud
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2. At the end of Episode 3, the heros encounter a 'storm' and makes their ship sinks. There are several issues here.
(a) According to the English dubbing, Mendoza claims it is a 'typhoon' (tropical cyclone occurred in the Pacific Ocean). However, if you look at the scene, it is likely a water spout instead of a typhoon. ('Typhoon' is a name seems to be origined from Chinese which has the meaning of 'windy')
(b) If it is a water spout, the area covered by damaging wind is very small although the wind inside is really destructive. If you look at the instance that the wind tears one of the sail apart and throws two sailors away, the ship is still too far away from the water spout that such a damage is almost impossible. Personally I encountered a water spout in Hong Kong in August 1991, and the distance between me and that water spout was almost the same as that between the ship and that 'water spout', but I am still in one piece.
(c) If it is a typhoon, then there are more problems. First of all, typhoon is a much much larger and longer-life system than water spout and it will take at least several days (but not several minutes) for a low pressure centre to develope into a minimal typhoon even under perfect atomspheric condition. Raining cats and dogs are normal under a typhoon, but there is no rain at all (also because of Esteban?) when the storm appears.
I know hurricane (tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, which is equivalent to a typhoon) is not common in Europe. However in Hong Kong, typhoons are very common in summer and many fishers in Hong Kong can even predict the occurence of a typhoon before the usage of weather satellites. Of course I am not sure how much will Mendoza, a navigator born in Europe, know about typhoon or hurricane and take appropriate action before hand.
Secondly, I am not sure about the exact position where the ship encountered the so-called typhoon. If it is near Tao's island (Islas Galápagos) then it is quite impossible because it is too close to Equator. Also the chance of occurence of typhoons in south-east Pacific Ocean (i.e. offshore of Andes) is even lower, so the only possible position of the typhoon is the off shore of central America.
(d) How about temperate cyclones, which are common in winter of Europe? The chance is also slim because the ship seems to be in tropical region when it encountered the storm. Again, a temperate cyclone also needs several days to develope.
(e) Just a reminder, Japan is a country encounters both typhoons and temperate cyclones frequently. I don't think Japanese writers will confuse typhoon and water spout.