Thousands of desperate families in the north of Scotland are still without power or running water in freezing conditions - a week on from Storm Arwen and with a new Arctic Blast sweeping in.
Jenny Milne, 44, who lives around 30 miles from Aberdeen, near Inverurie, told MailOnline: 'It's power poverty. This is a society in breakdown - why aren't we getting the help we need? It's been a week.'
'Politicians and the public really have no idea what is going on. There are lots of people still without power. The trees in the woods are flattened and and I mean flattened, flattened and uprooted,' the mother-of-one added.
Nicola Sturgeon has tried to turn the focus on Westminster for not giving her enough money - despite Royal Marines being dispatched on Friday to knock on doors and ensure people's welfare on Friday.
Aberdeenshire remains in chaos with 3,000 homes without power, people cannot get petrol and they are unable to make or receive phone calls as the masts are down.
Similar misery is being felt by thousands more people in the Scottish Borders and the north of England who have been cut off since the storm struck last Friday.
It comes as an Arctic Blast threatens more disruption to the power network with temperatures predicted to plunge to -5C in parts of Scotland over the weekend.
Drone photos from the Haddo House estate near where Mrs Milne lives showed woodland that had been completely flattened in the extreme winds
Marines from 45 Commando are seen conducting welfare checks in Lumphanan, Scotland, on Friday
A car trapped underneath trees last weekend after Storm Arwen struck the Grampian region
A massive fur tree lying across someone's back garden in Aberdeenshire
A tractor tries to help a bus driver after the vehicle came off the road in icy conditions near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
The Met Office said a flurry of snow is set to hit Scotland today, before eastern parts of the country are covered in 9cm of the white stuff tomorrow. Eastern parts of Scotland are predicted to have highs of 2C today while western Scotland could reach 4C – before temperatures fall as low as -5C at the weekend
The Met Office said a flurry of snow is set to hit Scotland today, before eastern parts of the country are covered in 9cm of the white stuff tomorrow.
Around 130 troops have been sent to carry out door-to-door checks and offer welfare support in northeast Scotland, where 1,600 Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) customers remained off supply at 7am on Friday.
South of the border, Durham County Council said around 100 servicemen and women will be based in Weardale to help local people.
In Cumbria, some 1,800 homes remain without power, according to Electricity North West, with most of these in South Lakeland.
Jenny Milne (pictured), 44, who lives around 30 miles from Aberdeen, near Inverurie, told MailOnline: 'It's power poverty. This is a society in breakdown - why aren't we getting the help we need? It's been a week.'
Another 500 properties are without power in the Scottish Borders, according ton the local council.
Mrs Milne, who took her 11-year-old son to Edinburgh on Friday for an appointment, said: 'I felt like we were in a completely different world.'
The transport entrepreneur and her husband were able to escape to Aviemore when their house was left without power and have since returned home to find many of their neighbours still struggling to cope.
One local farmer was having 30,000 litres of water hauled in by Scottish Water to keep his sheep alive.
'One of my neighbours only got power on last night,' Mrs Milne said.
'You get these text messages saying the power is going
