This time around, things are not expected to get as bad.
The agency added that other factors that exacerbated water levels the last time, such as wind-driven waves, high rivers, and melting snow, should not be present this time. In the long-term, the city is making $100 million in improvements to drainage and roads that should help prevent flood damage in the future.
Pam Oates co-owns the Budd Bay Café along Olympia’s boardwalk, as well as the waterfront Olympia Oyster House. The café was among those businesses flooded in the last round of king tides.
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