Snowmageddon 2010: Ten incredible stories from ten years ago
Lisa Lawson and daughter RinoaWhen snowmageddon hit Hamilton it was a real concern for expectant mothers, who prayed they wouldn’t go into labour amid the complete pandemonium.Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened to Lisa Lawson after her waters broke at her Hamilton home.And with no taxis or emergency services able to get on the roads, an army truck was sent to her rescue.Lisa recalled: “ I was nine months’ pregnant with my daughter Rinoa and everyone messaged me joking not to go into labour that day – and then my waters went.“No taxis or ambulances on the road so the NHS sent a paramedic and a soldier in an army truck to my house.“They told me and her dad there was no room for him and I would have to go up myself, and I panicked