A MOTHER of two on Shetland has described living in “pure hell” as outages forced them to live without basic power supplies since Monday.
A “major incident” was declared on Shetland as snow and ice accumulated on overhead power lines, causing them to break and leaving thousands without electricity as temperatures plummeted below minus in Scotland this week with inches of snow.
Caroline Ritchie lives in Mossbank with her husband Eric and two sons, Eric, eight, and Tommy, six, and were one of many families who went days without power, leaving them unable to heat their homes, cook hot food and use electrical items.
