Floods victim's heart attack.A FLOOD victim had a heart attack as her fireman son battled yards away to save homes from the deluge Deluge (dĕl`y  j), in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his ark. .
Joy Greig, 72, fell ill hours after a river burst its banks and surged through her home. Yesterday, her son Mark, 42, said the family were distraught dis·traught adj. 1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict. 2. Mad; insane. [Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, at how the "healthy" gran had taken sick. The volunteer firefighter from Stonehaven in Kincardineshire said: "I had been out helping to pump water out of homes. "The River Carron then burst its banks and my mum had been inside her flat in Cameron Street on the other side of the river. "My brother Barnie rushed to help herandhetookherover tomyhouse. "While they were there she had really bad chest pains. She was taken to hospital. We were told she suffered a heart attack caused by the stress of the floods." Stonehaven was among the areas worst hit by the flooding earlier this week. Communities across Aberdeenshire, Tayside and part of Fife were also devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . Householders in Stonehaven filled pillow cases with sand, and even garden compost compost, substance composed mainly of partly decayed organic material that is applied to fertilize the soil and to increase its humus content; it is often used in vegetable farming, home gardens, flower beds, lawns, and greenhouses. , in a desperate bid to keep the deluge out. Many were furious at the response from Aberdeenshire Council. At the height of Sunday's flooding it was left to chairman of the local community council David Fleming
David Fleming to open up the town hall as a refuge for those left homeless. He slated council officials who told flood victims to buy sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. . He said: "Residents should not be expected to go out and buy their own sandbags." Aberdeenshire Council's transport and infrastructure project manager Willie Murdoch said: "There is a limit to what can be done." CAPTION(S): DELUGE: Stonehaven |
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