For sure. They got the same amount of rain we got and, in a lttle while, all our flood water will descend southward to them.
Fifty years ago, there was nowhere near the amount of river traffic, as there is, now.
Cincinnati, Ohio is the seventh largest port in the United States.
The tonnage on river barges.
The oil and gas and other fluids, pipelines.
All such activity takes place near the shore.
The barges need to be tied up to shore with four times the number of cables.
The pipelines need to be shut down and all heads checked.
There is so much work that needs to be completed, to shut down operations ...
If only five barges get loose, and they pile up at one of the dams / spillways / locks, they can dam up the river.
The barges need very long lines to shore, so that they can rise with the water, instead of pulling away or being pulled under.
On the north shore, that my require closing down the shoreline drive(s); because some lines may have to be run across the road to the north side.