In late March, folks in the neighborhood on Big Bass Bend began paddling over what was their only road. "It could be up to a month," said resident Lonnie Vogt on April 4th. That was then, and this is now. "We can take a couple days without a road, but we're talking 3 months we've been without a road," says Vogt.

Table Rock lake has come down more than five feet from it's cresting point, but is still above 927 feet above sea level, and the road is still more than two feet under water. And residents say it's not the only thing going under.

"All of my savings are gone. I went to file for some kind of help, and they gave me food stamps, and now the bank is coming for my tractor, part of my business, one of my business trailers, my pontoon boat, and my wave-runner," Vogt said.

He owns a recycling business, on the wrong side of the water.

"This is all stuff that I could make money off of, but I can't get it out of here," said Vogt.

Robert Kitching and his wife are in the same boat. Robert has a brain tumor and heart problems, so his wife is trying to start a home business.

"We have to wait for it to quit raining to bring stuff over because she's doing some leather work, and she's gonna do some automotive work, reupholstering, but can't get it across, so, we're just kinda sunk," Kitching said.

The road under water is one problem but there's also not much room for dozens of cars to park along the narrow road next to the creek, so residents are asking the road commission for at least a little dirt work. They're also hoping for some major road work once the water goes down.

The county has talked about building the road up to the bridge level of 929 above sea level but Vogt insists on a couple feet higher to keep the road dry ground.

"Anything else they do here will not be satisfactory," Vogt said.

The Shell Knob Road District says they will look into the possibility of doing some work to provide more parking space, since there are about 70 homes in the neighborhood that is cut off. The road and county commissions both say they'll just have to wait until the water goes down, which residents hope will be in the next couple weeks, and they'll have to assess the road damage and come up with a plan to build it up.