We often talk about climate change as something conceptual or distant - but you don't need much more proof of its presence than to witness this month's King Tides.
The King Tides are a natural phenomenon that happen every year in September when the orbits and alignment of the earth, moon and sun produce the greatest tidal effects of the year.
But this year, likely due to rising sea levels, those king tides have caused a major disruption in our low-lying coastal city.
And now it has forced the City and the Ministry of Education to change the route of the Uniform Parade in the City. The City Administrator Albert Vaughn spoke with us today and told us more about where the parade will be moving to and why.
Albert Vaughn, City Administrator
"We have been call-in's from the teachers and parents. They are concerned about the tide we are facing. Some people call it King Tides, other people call it high tide, I know it's a bad tide because it means that the concern was the children going through the water tomorrow for the parade. So it was a tough decision because we were trying to see if we can work with the tide. The tide rises and falls but it seems as though we have no control of that. So we met with our team and we looked at the alternative route. Of course we work very closely with the CEO, Ms Dian Maheia for Education and so we were able to come up with a route and recommend this route to her, and this morning, I got the go ahead to change the route."
Jo-
"So the new route will now be?"
Albert Vaughn, City Administrator
"Yeah the new route, I want to say that the official ceremony for the City Council will be at the Government House. That's where we do the guard of honor and the speeches and then after that the new route would be from the Government House and it goes into Yabra Road we go around where the basketball court is across the bridge, in Queen Charlotte and we go into Fairweather street and we go straight down into Dolphin and we cross Cemetery Road go into Magazine Road, take left Vernon Street and we wind up at the Berger Field that's the new route we have."
The Uniform Parade starts at 9:30 at the Government House.
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