Photo Courtesy: The Leader

One area of south Tipton County was hit hard by flood waters two weeks ago. But even as business owners continue to dry out, their spirits haven't dampened. 

Pictures from two weeks ago show water up to the rooftops along Quinton Drive.  Today, dumpsters still line the street as businesses there continue the clean up.

"All the stuff looked like it'd been in a washing machine, water pushed it up and around and set it back down where it was," business owner Allen Brown said.

Brown runs Tipton Cares, a business that provides food and clothing to the needy.  A small sign inside says it best: Bless the Mess. 

And what a mess he still has. After the flood, Brown was forced to relocate his office to a shed in the parking lot.

"In 2009 we helped over 9,000 people in Tipton County, and some of them have come back in the past two weeks to help us," he said.

Rain fell Monday on an already saturated Mason Tennessee.  That's where Willie "Skeet"  Burchett was last seen alive May 1 helping a neighbor unclog a storm drain. 

It was just before flood waters suddenly became life-threatening.

"Water is a powerful thing," Tipton County Chief Deputy Donna Turner said Monday.

A Covington based company ended up using its own equipment to save hometown residents from this weekend's flood. 

Its called Hydratrek.

It's a special land-water vehicle that was put to good use this weekend as it headed into flood waters in Millington and Tipton County.

“I was knee deep in water and didn't realize the gravity of it because I was helping my neighbors,” says Millington resident Cleveland Wilburn.

“We are so happy that we are together...we've still got each other...we're very lucky,” adds resident Fonda Booker.

Booker is just one of hundreds of Millington residents who lost everything in this weekend's floods.

“Very devastating, a lot of people in distress, animals swimming around,” says Hydratrek’s Craig Simonton.

Using the Hydratrek, Simonton, along with members of Tennessee Task Force One, traveled flooded streets helping rescue those stranded by the water.

Simonton shot video of the rescue effort