Parking feeding frenzy

Local church is deeding two back lots to a non-profit for transitional housing for young adults coming out of foster care, a very vulnerable group. I volunteered a boundary survey with topo, this morning (Saturday) as nobody would be around. Wrong. Track meet across the street. Hundreds of people looking for a parking space and what better than those big cleared dirt lots. I put up a row of traffic cones but that did no good - they drove over them. That's when I gave up. I was lucky to get away with my equipment intact (seriously). Talk about a feeding frenzy and never mind that man in the safety jacket in the middle of the lots. Amazing how many people are all about me, me, me.