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Seconds From.......Oh wait..they don't know how clocks work..

posted 10 years ago by Fugitive_Bill
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I like...
This series,Seconds from Disaster
The narrator's dramatic voice over,
The computer simulations,
The lessons learnt for saving lives in the future.

Just one complaint: It bugs me that they don't how clocks/time work.

For example:
The narrator will say (dramatically of course) 'it's 4.30pm'
Yet the graphic displays - 04:00:00 - Hello that is 4.30am

(Noted from episode: 'Alpine Tsunami')

There are more praises and nits I could give this show, but that all I wanted to say.

-B!LL!

[–] SapphireAnna 8 years ago

Yet the graphic displays - 04:00:00 - Hello that is 4.30am

Only if you're using a 24-hour display. Many clocks, including all analog clocks, use a 12-hour display.

[–] Fugitive_Bill 8 years ago

Anna,

But the time is displayed on screen is in digital not analog.
Voice over says it's 4pm, so the displayed graphic should show
'16:00.00 Hours' not '04:00.00 Hours'

Also in the military there are 24 hour analog clocks.
I'm sure I've seen a few in various TV shows and movies.
Unless I'm going mental and have totally lost it! :)

-B!LL!