Ozarks, MO – The deep freeze that has locked Missouri in an 'ice box' for days has changed the appearance of the Lake of the Ozarks. Much of the surface of the summer hot spot is frozen. Local residents have been sharing and posting photos of what appears to be a rather historic freezing of the lake.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says at mile marker 16 on the Lake, where Highway MM crosses the main channel, the water is frozen from "shore to shore" and they believe that's the first time it's happened in years.
One person appeared to lose their boat from the dock after the water around it froze. Police say they'll just have to wait until the ice melts to retrieve it.
Another resident shared video of how he's trying to battle the ice by running his dock's "bubbler" to break it up. "But it doesn't matter. It can't keep up," he says in the video.
You can see more photos that have been share on social media from the lake, here: