Heritage Park at Capitol Lake, which is home to the Occupy Olympia encampment, could experience flooding late this afternoon, according to state officials monitoring lake levels.

The storm-swollen flows in the Deschutes River entering the lake, combined with a Budd Inlet high tide shortly before 3 p.m., could lead to park flooding, according to state Department of Enterprise Services spokeswoman Jennifer Reynolds.

The lake level could rise as much as two feet this afternoon with a highest likelihood of flooding occurring around 5 p.m., she said.

Campers in the park have been notified of the potential for flooding in the park, she said.



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the local police don't have the balls to move this eyesore, maybe this will take care of it.

A Mother Nature flush?

Are the OWS protesters in Olympia doing anything illegal by being there F4B?

If not... why would the local police need to move them?

"Are the OWS protesters in Olympia doing anything illegal by being there F4B?"
Since the park hours are dawn to dusk I would think that would make it illegal for them to camp there.

I hope they are eating those invasive snails. A little escargot while you enjoy the great outdoors.

Cause they don't do dick $hit but bitch, piss and moan, which ends up costing taxpayers money and wastes time and energy to patrol these filthy camps they call "home"....

Occupy a job you goddamn hippies....

I didn't know it was legal to camp in a city park, that could open up some new, closer to home staycation options. Not to mention half or more of them are misguided Evergreen students, the same ones who throw bricks through windows of downtown businesses and then have their parents threaten to sue when they get pepper sprayed. They're really proving a point all right, that they can be a nuisance and keep shoppers away from the downtown core of small businesses.

Occupy a job you goddamn hippies.... [/quote]

Uhm, part of the protest is about the lack of available jobs. People want to work and earn a living, but they can't find work and have run out of unemployment benefits. So they are protesting the tax cuts we gave to the "job creators" who pocketed the profits and haven't created jobs. At least they haven't created jobs in the US. The jobs they create in China don't count.

Was talking with my investment advisor yesterday and she was saying that US businesses currently habe the most money the have ever had, on hand. They just aren't spending it. So, it would appear that the job creators could create jobs, but don't want to yet.

Uhm, part of the protest is about the lack of available jobs. People want to work and earn a living, but they can't find work and have run out of unemployment benefits. So they are protesting the tax cuts we gave to the "job creators" who pocketed the profits and haven't created jobs. At least they haven't created jobs in the US. The jobs they create in China don't count. [/quote]

I understand they are mad about a lack of jobs available.
Not into that sob story $hit they are spewing....I drive by Seattle Central CC on Broadway a few times a week for work, and none of those occupy folk are "hireable" in the first place.

As a recent college graduate I've been able to find employment...

And if I didn't find a job for myself, I sure wouldn't throw the towel in and become one of those "occupy" folks. I wouldn't sit around, bitch piss and moan for everyone to feel sorry for me because the economy is bad. Get off your a$$ and work harder to find a job.. If they put as much effort into finding a job as they do idling around at those homeless camps, they would be employed....

Ya but it's easy to get laid in those camps just as in the Viet Nam
War protests mobs.

Math was never a strong suit of mine..

In regards to the lack of jobs available, It still doesn't excuse those who are sitting idle and complaining. What are they hoping to get done by whining? No ones going to come out there to occupy Seattle and hand them an application or hire them. If they treated finding a job like a job itself, ie commiting 9-5 by applying for jobs, going out and introducing yourself and dropping resumes off at businesses, than things may be different for them.

In regards to the veterans, I'd be the first one to say we treat them like dirt. They deserve much better treatment and health care. However, they are the same in a pool of job applicants. Veteran, black white male female gay straight christian Muslim, whatever, none of that should give anyone an advantage or disadvantage

So you're not a fan of the preferential hiring consideration of disabled combat vets? Nor do you aggree with the recent law signed into effect giving tax breaks as incentive to hire recently returning combat vets?

Well you can talk all night about the statistics of unemployment and the ratio of job seekers to jobs available but I think a good number of people could get jobs if they wanted a job. I was watching the local news the other night and they were doing a story about a job fair for a company (might have been more than one company) that was hiring for various jobs in support of the oil fields in South or North Dakota, they also had job openings in other parts of the country and around the world. Several people walked out with job offers that day. The news then switched to a story about the Occupy Seattle with all the protesters and showed their signs about wanting to work. I think some of those people could find work if they really wanted to or needed to, it may not be the exact job you want or location but when you need to pay your bills you and feed your family you should take whatever job you can get (at least I would).

At some point doesn't one have to ask, "What are the protestors accomplishing that is good?"

Good on ya, knuckbustersonly!

Too many of the unemployed are that way because they just can't find what they want, where they want it, at a wage they are worth......they are really executives in disguise (with no experience...but that shouldn't matter). It's past time to knock a good number of them off the gov't teat.

Ranty needs an outing to the camps, packing her sign of support and singing "You've got a friend." Her and all her girl friends....that would be a party of one, but hey, it's the thought that counts.

If I had a hammer.
Actually I have one.
I sure hope Aunty doesn't.
Don't need any gratuitous mayhem.

Then who would you blame, AuntyM? Tell me that. Who's fault is it? Where do you point the finger? Get a clue and realize that life ain't fair....

And let me also ask you, would you hire someone who wasn't able to market themselves well enough over a two year old span to secure employment, even at the least flipping patties at Jack in the Crack? I sure as sh!t wouldn't.

I know plenty folks who have lost their jobs in this economic downturn, some due to performance and some due to the financial constraints of the company due to the economic downturn. Some have landed back on their feet, some haven't. Those that have deserved it due to the effort and work they put in to finding a job.

It wasn't easy for me being a college grad to find an entry level position. I called people I knew, asked for meetings, introduced myself and did my best to network, went into businesses and offered my resume and tried to present myself as a hire-able person. Guess what, I have a job. Does it pay well? No. Do I like it? Not really. Nor do I envision myself spending the rest of my working career in this particular field..... But hey, its a job, I have things far better than many other humans on this earth and I'm thankful for my employment.

But hey, if I was to follow Ranty's lead, by this point if I was unemployed I'd be qualified to become an "occupier" and b!tch about the lack of jobs and cite statistics about the lack of jobs available per unemployed. Personal responsibility is lacking, and many folks need to sack up and take matters into their own hands to find a job instead of looking for some excuse as to why they aren't employed.


No. Where did I say that? Start thumbing through all my posts if you got the time. You *try* and draw such far fetched parallels to make conclusions about someone in an attempt to belittle them and make yourself sound witty, but you just end up making yourself sound completely mental...

College officials vote to evict Occupy Seattle
The Associated Press • Published November 23, 2011

SEATTLE – Occupy Seattle is no longer welcome at a local community college, but the dozens of protesters who have been camping there don't have to leave right away.

The Seattle Community College District's board of trustees on Wednesday adopted an emergency rule banning camping, a move aimed at evicting the Occupy Seattle protesters who have taken up residence at Seattle Central Community College.

College administrators said there have been reports of vandalism and they can't afford to pay for the extra security and additional cleaning crews.

Jill Wakefield, chancellor of Seattle Community Colleges, wrote in a memo to the trustees that the camp was "overcrowded and unsanitary" and that multiple health inspections found health and safety concerns that included "animal feces, and drug dealing and usage."

Wakefield also said the camp in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood was close to a child care facility and that the protesters' presence had made the nearby playground "unusable."

The demonstrators say they've policed themselves and have been good neighbors.

The protesters moved their encampment to the school late last month after city officials told them they couldn't pitch overnight tents in a downtown park. College administrators had contacted state lawyers to find a legal way to remove protesters from campus grounds, and the emergency rule adopted Wednesday bans camping on community college property for up to four months.

College officials said protesters won't be removed immediately but will likely be ousted in the coming days.



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I wonder why they didn't pitch their tents on the Capitol grounds? Seems like they would have gotten more attention that way.