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00:02 - Good evening and welcome to Kent on Climate
00:19 live on KMTV.
00:21 I'm Abbey Hook and in this show we discuss
00:23 all things related to environmental issues in the county.
00:26 How is climate change impacting Kent?
00:28 What are communities in the county doing to tackle it
00:30 and how can you help at home?
00:32 Well each week we take a deep dive
00:34 into a new environmental issue in the county
00:36 and I'm joined by expert guests.
00:38 But first tonight, a shipping company on the River Medway
00:41 is not ruling out the possibility of moving abroad.
00:44 That's if regeneration plans go ahead for Chatham Docks.
00:48 GPS Marine says although they aren't located
00:51 within the port, they rely on business there.
00:53 It comes as a planning decision to change part
00:55 of the working docks into a business hub
00:58 was deferred last week following a legal challenge.
01:01 Our local democracy reporter Gabriel Morris has more.
01:04 - It's future unclear with aging infrastructure.
01:10 The landowner of Chatham Docks says it's time for change
01:13 and has proposals for redevelopment.
01:16 Planning permission submitted to the local council
01:18 could see these still works being turned
01:21 into a business park.
01:22 And a short trip down the river is this tugging company.
01:26 They say the end of Chatham Docks
01:28 would impact their operations.
01:31 - This is the last bastion really where we can be
01:34 and we've got businesses in Holland.
01:37 It might well be that we just decide
01:39 we can't do it here anymore.
01:41 And that would be a great shame.
01:43 Without businesses like this,
01:45 the super sewer in London would not have been built.
01:49 It's as simple as that.
01:50 Or it most certainly wouldn't have been built
01:51 without huge disruption of places like Chatham Dock
01:55 and businesses just like this one.
01:57 Bear in mind, for every tonne of CO2e
01:59 that we put up in the air, every tonne kilometre,
02:03 road puts out nine, rail puts out 1.9.
02:06 - Currently planning is only for a small section
02:10 of the docks, but a master plan by Peel Waters
02:12 would see land here being turned into hundreds of homes,
02:15 offices and outdoor spaces.
02:18 - It adds huge amounts of benefits to Medway.
02:22 We think it will triple the amount of jobs
02:24 that's on the current site.
02:26 It'll create a much better environment
02:28 because of the moment you're faced with a dock wall.
02:30 We've got a beautiful water basin there, about 20 acres.
02:34 Opens up the river, connects St. Mary's Island
02:37 to the site, so you can actually,
02:38 if you're living on St. Mary's Island,
02:40 at the moment you're faced with heavy manufacturing,
02:43 literally on your doorstep.
02:45 - These proposals have been nothing but controversial.
02:49 Last week, nearly 100 protesters came out
02:52 against the regeneration plans.
02:54 But all progress has been stalled
02:56 as Medway Council deferred a planning decision last week
03:00 following legal challenges.
03:02 - Look, I wanted to try and find a solution
03:04 where we protect every job we can,
03:07 but I've got a priority, which is delivering the local plan.
03:11 This application we're talking about today
03:13 doesn't necessarily change any of that in one sense,
03:16 but I want to make sure that we get this application
03:19 as with every application that comes through
03:21 to Medway Council determined in the appropriate manner.
03:24 Of course, there are some challenges with that.
03:26 We're going through the legal process,
03:28 which we're now having to do,
03:30 and it will come back to committee in due course
03:32 when we've gone through those legal challenges.
03:34 - It's unclear when that vote will now take place.
03:38 Gabriel Morris in Chatham.
03:40 - Next tonight, frustrated residents in Walderslade
03:48 say an ongoing water leak on their street
03:50 has only gotten worse since engineers from Southeast Water
03:53 have attempted to fix it.
03:55 Iris Moore, who lives in Tavistock Close,
03:57 says she and her neighbours first reported the issue
04:00 nine months back when it was just a trickle.
04:02 Now she says it's like having a river outside their homes.
04:05 Jack Darkin has the story.
04:07 - Frustrated residents claim an ongoing water leak
04:09 has only worsened despite engineers' attempts to fix it.
04:12 Those living in Tavistock Close near Walderslade Woods
04:15 said that they first reported the issue
04:17 and it was only a trickle, but nine months later,
04:19 they say it's like having a river outside their homes.
04:22 Iris Moore and her neighbour Anne
04:23 contacted Southeast Water in September
04:26 after they noticed the water had been seeping
04:27 from a crack in the road for a few weeks.
04:30 The pair then reported it again in January
04:31 as it had frozen and became a sheet of ice,
04:33 which Iris slipped on.
04:34 This was tarmacked over.
04:36 However, the leak has continued to grow
04:37 and that gallons of water are now running
04:39 into the nearby drain every day.
04:41 - They're saying we should save water
04:43 and the water bills go up because water's expensive.
04:47 And then they're wasting all of this all the time.
04:50 And they're on about building new reservoirs to save water
04:53 and not to do so much washing to save water.
04:56 And yet they're not saving water
04:58 and they're not telling us what's happening
05:00 and where this water is coming from.
05:02 You can't walk down the path without walking through it
05:05 and it's all dirty and muddy.
05:07 And when it rains, the little drain, the soak-away drain,
05:10 can't cope with all the water.
05:12 It runs past our river.
05:15 - South East Water's Regional Network Manager, Andy Beston,
05:18 said the firm is making attempts
05:20 to fix the burst water pipe
05:21 and is now waiting for permission to recommence works.
05:24 He said in a statement,
05:25 "These series of leaks have proved
05:26 "to be particularly difficult to locate
05:28 "and challenging to repair due to the number of reasons
05:31 "which have hampered progress.
05:32 "We are working with the local highways team
05:34 "to schedule a date to complete the final repair
05:36 "to the section of the water main
05:37 "that has suffered from these bursts
05:39 "over the last few months."
05:40 He went on to say,
05:41 "We understand that seeing water lost to leaks
05:43 "can be frustrating,
05:44 "and we want to ensure you that fixing leaks
05:46 "is a top priority for us.
05:47 "Our network of pipe work spans 9,000 miles
05:50 "with six million joints,
05:51 "and sometimes things can split or burst."
05:53 This has been Jack Darkin for KMTV.
05:56 - And now, we always hear how we should shop
06:00 and eat more sustainably,
06:01 but how can we ensure our food
06:03 is making the planet and Kent a better place to live?
06:06 Well, East Morning Food Education charity, CommuniGrow,
06:09 are setting out to do just that,
06:11 encouraging those in the county to grow their own food
06:13 and adapt to climate change.
06:14 But why is that so important?
06:16 Well, to explain all of that and more,
06:17 I'm joined by Joshua Pearcy from the charity.
06:20 Joshua, thank you very much for your time today.
06:22 An important conversation.
06:24 Let's start off by explaining
06:26 exactly what CommuniGrow is all about.
06:28 - Sure, so CommuniGrow is a food
06:30 and outdoor education charity,
06:31 as you said, based in East Morning in Kent.
06:34 And basically what we do is we teach people
06:36 about the food that they eat,
06:38 very specifically the environment that it comes from,
06:40 and even more specifically than that,
06:41 the literal soil that it grows in.
06:43 We do that for a load of reasons.
06:46 Among them is the fact that community gardening,
06:49 community food growing is actually a very powerful therapy.
06:53 It's a fantastic sort of broad spectrum,
06:55 low stakes therapy for recovering
06:57 or treating lots of very kind of modern problems.
07:00 It's great at challenging isolation and stuff like that.
07:03 But also, obviously as food security,
07:08 I think in this country,
07:11 and the cost of living crisis get both more acute.
07:15 Teaching people about the very basics of the food system
07:18 that we all have to take part in every single day
07:20 is actually a really empowering thing
07:21 and very, very necessary that empowers people
07:23 to make sort of better and more structured decisions
07:26 about what they put in their bodies.
07:28 - And I suppose the key is telling people
07:30 that from a very young age.
07:31 So teaching young people about this message
07:33 that you have to eat your broccoli,
07:35 not only 'cause it's good for you,
07:36 but actually it come from just a few miles away
07:38 down the road.
07:39 - Exactly. - That kind of sort of rely,
07:41 sort of responsible eating and food sourcing.
07:44 How important is that for you to teach people
07:46 when they're young, when they're children?
07:48 - It's extremely important.
07:50 So we work a lot with young people, with local schools,
07:52 particularly young people
07:54 with special educational needs and behaviours.
07:57 And I think obviously food
08:01 is this inescapable cultural touch point, right?
08:03 If we're fortunate, we'll be eating at least three meals a day
08:06 for the rest of our lives.
08:08 And so really starting with the fundamentals
08:10 when people are young
08:11 and giving them a good set of understanding,
08:13 so much more kind of follows on from that.
08:15 And the food sort of purchasing process
08:18 is actually quite opaque.
08:21 You go into a supermarket,
08:22 you're presented with all the food,
08:24 you have no idea necessarily how it gets there.
08:26 You're presented with the prices,
08:27 you have no idea how that pricing structure
08:29 really comes about.
08:30 And it can feel like a very passive process.
08:33 And if your first introduction to that
08:35 as a series of concepts is,
08:37 when you're in your late teens
08:38 or when you move out of your parents' home
08:40 and you first start cooking
08:41 and purchasing food for yourself,
08:42 it's just so overwhelming.
08:44 So being able to start at a really young age
08:46 is extremely important.
08:47 And also it's loads of fun as well.
08:50 And making that sort of fostering that connection,
08:52 this understanding that like finding autonomy,
08:56 doing it for yourself
08:58 is actually like a great and really nourishing process
09:00 is also super important.
09:01 - Amazing.
09:02 And I suppose the way we've learned
09:03 and the way we've been so consumed
09:06 and so normalised by all these different supermarkets,
09:08 all these different options we have,
09:09 whether fruit or veggies in season or not in season,
09:13 how easy is it to unwind that potential damage,
09:17 some might say that's done,
09:18 and actually tell people,
09:20 "Oh, you can grow it yourself.
09:21 "You can get it from the local farmer."
09:23 How can we start to make those steps to unwinding that?
09:27 Because all my life it's been supermarkets
09:29 and not known much different.
09:30 So to actually explain to people,
09:32 you can grow your own,
09:33 for some people it may seem impossible
09:35 and they might not have the space.
09:36 - Sure.
09:37 Well, I think the reason why CommuniGrow
09:39 as a body kind of works so well
09:41 is that if you start from the top
09:43 and you try and unpick all of that,
09:45 it's maddening, it's complicated, it's so challenging.
09:47 If you start from the bottom,
09:49 sort of literally and figuratively,
09:51 you find out that actually growing your own food,
09:53 certainly at a small scale,
09:55 is maybe not as challenging as you might have anticipated.
09:58 If you are prepared to make mistakes
10:01 and you're prepared to fail, I guess,
10:04 once or twice on the way, on that path of progress,
10:06 people really find out that like,
10:08 actually it's quite straightforward to grow.
10:10 Everything powerfully wants to be alive
10:12 and the sun does most of the work,
10:13 maybe not at the moment, but.
10:15 - Yeah, we can hope for the summer.
10:17 We had a weather forecast earlier,
10:18 it's not looking great,
10:19 but lots of water, some sunshine.
10:22 I suppose it's key to,
10:24 with anything that you're learning about,
10:26 you're gonna fail along the way,
10:27 but it's that adapting and learning.
10:29 What advice would you give to people
10:31 if they don't have a garden,
10:32 they don't have an allotment, they don't have space
10:34 to grow their own food, what options do they have?
10:37 - So, I would love to say that growing your own food
10:42 would be like an immediate and meaningful way
10:45 to challenge something like food poverty, right?
10:47 But unfortunately, food is usually grown at scale
10:49 and it's quite complicated and challenging.
10:52 And the reason I bring that up
10:53 is that the first thing you can do
10:54 is you can get involved at a community level.
10:57 If you don't have access to green space,
10:58 and unfortunately many of us really,
11:00 we're struggling in that regard
11:01 and it's getting, that kind of inequality
11:03 is getting worse rather than better.
11:04 You can collectively do it.
11:07 You can come to an enterprise like CommuniGrow
11:10 or you can find community gardens in your area
11:13 and you can do it as a group, as a society
11:16 and build a community there.
11:17 That's a really easy way of starting.
11:20 If you have any space at all where you can put a bucket,
11:23 if you've got somewhere-- - Window boxes?
11:25 - Yeah, all that sort of stuff.
11:26 I mean, the two things that I always suggest,
11:27 the first one is buy a couple of those seeds,
11:32 sort of punnets that you can get from the supermarket,
11:33 the ones that are in sort of an anemic little bit of soil.
11:36 Take that out, give it some more space,
11:38 find it some sunlight,
11:39 and especially during the sort of spring and summer months,
11:41 they will just go whoosh
11:42 and show you exactly how easy it is.
11:44 - I feel a bit more inspired now
11:45 because I did try and grow tomatoes.
11:47 They did die, but as you said, if you fail, keep going.
11:49 That's the message.
11:51 Thank you so much for your time, Joshua.
11:52 Really appreciate you coming on.
11:54 Now time for a very short break.
11:56 See you in a few minutes for more environmental news
11:58 from across Kent.
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15:07 - Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
15:14 Now, Kent County Council say that the road of remembrance
15:17 will remain closed until the end of the year
15:19 following a landslip that occurred
15:21 during one of the wettest years on record.
15:23 KCC say the road closure has been extended
15:26 to the 31st of December
15:28 so teams can carry out ground investigations
15:30 and work to stabilize the embankment.
15:34 Businesses in Folkestone have previously told KMTV
15:36 that it's had a really negative impact
15:39 on their livelihoods and businesses.
15:41 The cabinet member for highways and transport, Neil Baker,
15:44 say that a complex situation like this one
15:46 needs a complex solution
15:48 and they'll be working with the local district council
15:50 to help minimize disruption.
15:52 Now a Herne Bay man fears it's only a matter of time
15:58 before someone gets hurt as his six foot wall
16:01 which runs along the main footpath is falling apart.
16:04 William Dordoy, who owns the wall,
16:06 says it became damaged after three storms
16:08 battered the county in January.
16:10 He fears it could now cost him thousands to repair.
16:13 Our reporter, Sophia Akin, has more.
16:15 - A crumbling wall and crumbling hope.
16:18 A Herne Bay man fears it's only a matter of time
16:21 before his wall will come tumbling down.
16:24 William's fearful someone could be seriously hurt
16:27 as a result.
16:28 He says the wall cracked in January
16:31 after three storms battered the county.
16:34 - The day before the wall was fine.
16:36 The day after the storm, this is what the wall was like.
16:40 And it's dangerous.
16:43 But Tesco's have waited three months
16:45 before they finally told us they're not gonna pay for it.
16:48 - But William says cracks have started to show elsewhere too.
16:52 His insurance provider, Tesco Bank,
16:54 originally said the repair to the wall
16:56 would be covered under his policy.
16:59 - We are writing to advise you of the next steps
17:01 following the validation of your insurance claim
17:05 on behalf of Tesco.
17:07 This letter is to confirm your claim is fully covered.
17:10 - But on further inspection,
17:12 it claims it's nothing to do with the weather
17:14 and puts the damage down to a poorly maintained wall.
17:18 - And then we just received a call from Tesco's
17:22 saying, yesterday this was,
17:24 that they weren't gonna cover it.
17:25 We're not asking for the earth,
17:27 but we just want the wall fixed.
17:29 - Tesco Bank apologised for Mr. Dordoy's experience,
17:32 but denied the claim,
17:34 saying the damage was due to its already poor condition
17:38 and gradual wear and tear.
17:40 It's offered compensation for delays and miscommunication.
17:44 It says it'll also pay for the barriers
17:46 the council has put up.
17:48 This barrier's been put here to stop people
17:50 from accessing the footpath,
17:51 but originally it was placed right the way up to the curb.
17:54 But it's since been moved.
17:55 It's assumed that it's been moved by pedestrians
17:57 trying to access this pavement,
17:59 but they're not meant to be accessing this pavement
18:01 due to the dangers the wall is causing.
18:03 So this is now posing more imminent concerns,
18:05 all the while people are walking up and down here,
18:07 that something really serious could happen.
18:10 - It is dangerous.
18:11 If it falls over, if it gets another windy day,
18:13 and you see cracks in it all over the place now,
18:16 it could fall, and it'll fall this way,
18:18 'cause the bushes will stop it falling that way.
18:21 - William may be relieved to have heard back
18:23 from his insurance company,
18:25 but certainly isn't comforted at the bill
18:27 he could soon have to pay out to make repairs.
18:30 With the six-foot wall comes a mountain of other concerns,
18:33 ones he hopes to resolve soon before someone gets hurt.
18:37 Sophia Akin for KNTV in Herne Bay.
18:40 Next tonight, in recent weeks,
18:43 we've seen a string of catapult attacks
18:46 on animals and wildlife across Kent,
18:48 with ducks, a seagull, and even a peacock being targeted,
18:51 with concerns from residents
18:53 that these attacks are becoming more frequent.
18:56 I spoke to the RSPCA Wildlife Team Lead,
18:58 Geoff Edmond, earlier today, who was actually out on call.
19:02 Thank you so much for joining us today.
19:05 Now, it's worth saying,
19:06 you're out and about, actually on call today,
19:08 so it goes to show how busy you are
19:11 and how many animals actually need looking after
19:13 here in the county,
19:14 but something we've seen a lot of
19:16 is these catapult attacks.
19:18 What do you make of them?
19:19 - It's horrific.
19:22 We're seeing this increase in people
19:24 targeting animals for fun, using catapults.
19:27 It's really worrying,
19:28 and as you were saying,
19:29 we're all out on the front line today,
19:30 right across the country,
19:32 and we shouldn't be seeing these incidents,
19:33 which we are doing.
19:35 - And it seems to be a growing trend.
19:36 Recently, we've been reporting
19:38 that we're seeing it on social media sites as well,
19:40 people almost using animals that they've killed
19:43 with catapults as trophies.
19:45 Is this trend just increasing?
19:47 - Yeah, it's horrific.
19:50 I mean, what we're seeing here is,
19:52 you know, the RSPCA were there for every kind of animal,
19:54 and what we're seeing here is intentional harm.
19:57 People going out and targeting animals for fun,
20:00 particularly wildlife, but domestic animals as well,
20:04 and just leaving them suffering, leaving them dying.
20:06 It's just horrific.
20:07 You know, we're a nation of animal lovers.
20:09 We should be doing better than this.
20:11 - Why do you think it's happening?
20:12 What is this drive all about?
20:14 - I think the concern is it's particularly young people
20:19 as well that are doing it.
20:20 I think, as you said, it's celebrating it
20:22 or sharing it on social media, which is a worry.
20:27 It's targeting animals for sport.
20:29 It's just particularly particular species,
20:32 such as swans, waterfowl,
20:35 even domestic animals have been targeted,
20:36 and it's just horrific, the cruelty that we're seeing.
20:39 - And what can we actually do to address these attacks?
20:41 They're in often quite rural areas,
20:43 especially here in the county.
20:44 So what are you doing when you're out and about
20:46 looking after these animals?
20:47 How are you tackling it?
20:50 - We're responding to calls from members of the public
20:52 where animals are injured.
20:53 Our immediate concern is to attend to that animal
20:56 as soon as possible and relieve that suffering.
20:59 But we're also working closely, collaboratively
21:01 with the police, with the National Wildlife Crime Unit
21:03 to look at this rising trend,
21:05 because you've got to look at it together to deal with it.
21:07 And we need the public on board with this.
21:09 We need the public, we need your viewers
21:11 to report suspicious incidents of people using catapults,
21:14 because I can assure you this suffering is just awful
21:17 when you have to see it and witness it firsthand.
21:20 - Are you worried that this will just continue
21:22 and it will just get worse?
21:24 Or are you confident in the RSPCA,
21:25 particularly here in Kent,
21:27 that you can get the problem solved?
21:29 - I'm confident that we're working closely
21:32 with Kent Police, we're working closely
21:33 with the Rural Crime Team,
21:34 the Rural and Wildlife Crime Officers,
21:37 working together to deal with many issues.
21:39 And this is a key to working collaboratively.
21:42 So I'm confident we can.
21:43 I'm confident that legislation is there,
21:46 Wildlife Protection and Wildlife Concern Act,
21:48 and also protected under the Animal Welfare Act.
21:50 But what we need is we need to raise the awareness,
21:53 we need to realise it,
21:55 and we need to find a way to stop it.
21:58 - And just lastly, what would your message be
22:00 to those watching this that might have seen this,
22:02 been influenced by it,
22:03 especially particularly young people
22:05 that we were talking about,
22:06 if they've seen this happening on social media,
22:09 how are you hoping to deter them?
22:12 - What we're trying to do is raise the awareness
22:14 that this is wrong.
22:15 We're seeing cruelty on a massive scale here
22:18 of weaponised attacks, deliberately,
22:20 intentionally causing harm to animals.
22:22 We're here to look after our wildlife.
22:26 We live in a wonderful country with wonderful wildlife.
22:29 We don't own it, but we're responsible for it,
22:32 and we need to safeguard it.
22:33 And attacking animals with a catapult,
22:36 taking their lives, leaving them suffering,
22:38 is just wrong.
22:39 Please don't do it.
22:40 Please don't share it.
22:42 Respect the wildlife that we've got.
22:44 - Now, Medway Man is on a mission
22:47 to make a difference in the amount of litter
22:49 building up across the county.
22:51 He's combining it with his love for snooker,
22:53 but by designing mosaics made out of bottle tops
22:57 and putting them on the table top.
22:58 He says it's a crazy idea,
23:00 but with each design using on average 1,600 lids,
23:03 he says it's making an impact.
23:05 Gabriel Morris had this report from back in February.
23:08 - Plastic bottle tops are harmful to nature
23:12 and pollute our landscape.
23:14 In the UK, we get for around eight billion bottles
23:17 a year, but a Medway Man is collecting the tops.
23:21 He hopes his idea will be the cue for change
23:24 and is putting in all his creativity
23:27 alongside being an environmentalist
23:30 by creating mosaics out of discarded bottle tops
23:33 and selling them online.
23:35 - Someone said to me,
23:37 why don't you try to fill the table with litter?
23:39 I think he was joking, and I did it with lids.
23:43 From there, I've decided to create Edvard Munch's screen.
23:47 And then I did the Mona Lisa.
23:49 And yeah, I've done loads of pieces.
23:51 And essentially what it is, is the table is the canvas,
23:55 and then I take a photo up a ladder,
23:57 and then they're printed on canvas.
24:00 - Every artwork he creates requires thousands
24:02 of bottle tops to fill his snooker table.
24:05 He finds some himself, but now others are sending them
24:08 to him.
24:09 - I think the bright colors really are quite beautiful,
24:13 but also it's a clear message.
24:15 You know, you see 1,600 lids on a table,
24:18 you think crumbs, are they all littered?
24:19 And you kind of realize that there is a ridiculous issue
24:22 with litter at the moment.
24:24 - He has created around 100 designs so far,
24:28 and they are all for sale on his website
24:30 in different formats.
24:31 But the original artwork only lasts a few hours
24:34 before being recycled into something else.
24:37 - It takes about 15 minutes to take apart,
24:39 and it takes about three to four hours to make.
24:42 And then, yeah, I sort all the lids
24:43 into the different colors.
24:44 But yeah, so they're on the table for about half an hour
24:47 after me taking the photo, and then it's done.
24:50 Yeah, and then, you know, occasionally I actually play
24:52 on it, occasionally I do play on it.
24:54 And yeah, once the art's off,
24:56 then I have a ball table again.
24:58 - Kieran hopes one day he will run out of pieces
25:00 to be able to make his artwork possible
25:03 as people start to recycle bottles.
25:06 Till then, his creations are sure to become bigger,
25:09 bolder, and brighter.
25:11 Gabriel Morris for Caine TV in Chatham.
25:14 - Well, you can watch all our other climate stories
25:16 over on our website, cainetv.co.uk.
25:20 Now, many in Kent would have seen the aurora beryllis,
25:23 also known as the Northern Lights,
25:24 across our skies last Friday and Saturday night.
25:27 It followed the biggest solar storm for 20 years.
25:30 The Met Office say it's hard to fully predict,
25:32 but new of enhanced solar activity,
25:35 captured better on camera than we can with the naked eye.
25:37 Here are some of the stunning views from across the county.
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25:44 Imagine looking up and seeing a spectacle
25:46 of bright lights across the sky.
25:49 This spectacle is the aurora beryllis, the Northern Lights.
25:53 Recently, people all over Kent witnessed
25:57 this solar light show caused by a solar storm
26:01 that has not happened in 20 years.
26:04 People stayed up until early hours of the morning
26:08 to observe the neon rainbow colors.
26:11 To get a clear view, people gathered on beaches
26:15 and in other rural locations to avoid streetlights
26:18 and areas with light pollution.
26:20 Meteorologists at the Met Office say that it's hard
26:25 to predict what will happen in the Earth's atmosphere.
26:28 So to witness a natural phenomenon like this
26:33 is very special.
26:35 Cora Ingalls for KMTV.
26:38 - Now we'll never get over how beautiful
26:45 those pictures were, but that's all we've got time for
26:47 on this week's episode of "Kenton Climate."
26:49 I'll see you again soon.
26:50 Bye-bye for now.
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