And while Espat wanted no part of that, the Minister Of Infrastructure had more to say about the King Tides.

For the past few days, Belize City streets have been flooded at high tide - even without rain - because of this phenomenon.

But rising sea levels have made this year's king tides worse and with climate change, it may soon become the norm.

Taking the long view, Minister Espat says Belize City may soon have to change the way it builds its infrastructure.

Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure Development
"The world is going through that, if you look at Fiji, if you look at New Orleans, if you look at all the low lying communities, it is something that's happening, it is a gradual process. Some people say 1cm a year is how it's- it depends on who you speak to but we are now facing reality, it's getting worse in Belize as a country. We can withstand it because we have flooding and it lasts maybe a little bit longer than we would like to see but our systems are working I would say fairly well. Belize City is a peculiar case because in a low lying area, it is below sea level, most people don't realize that, the seawalls that we have around us protect us to a certain extent, the landfill that people put on their land help to a certain extent. The concreting of the streets and the asphalting of the streets in Belize City has assisted, the pump station that we put in plays a role. Everything adds to helping the problem but you won't solve it because we are in a low lying area and so it is a matter of time we will have to go back to the original way of building where people were building on stilts and we forget that you know. We have a short memory span, we only worry about building on stilts when a hurricane is upon us, after the hurricane passes, we go back on the ground again, and it's because of economics so we understand that but there was a reason why we built on stilts in the low lying area and that was so the flood would pass through and you would be safe, dry and secure in your home above. I think the time has come where the central building authority has to look at policies when they're looking at low lying areas and force certain types of structures to happen again."