Reverse Wednesday's post that the ferry across the Ohio River here would be open this weekend.
Cave-in-Rock ferry operator Lonnie Lewis said today that last night's rain -- as much as 7 inches here -- will likely shut down the ferry for the weekend. Lewis said river stage forecasts had shown a drop to operational levels would arrive Saturday. But that, of course, was before last night's deluge.
"It's going in the wrong direction," Lewis said of the water level.
March 12 was the last time the ferry transported cars from Critttenden County to Illinois. At the moment, Lewis has no idea when the river will fall to 42 feet at Shawneetown, the mark by which operation can resume.
One thing's for certain, it won't be this weekend.
-- dkt
