electrocution.

And the danger is so great, she says, that both she and her husband Earl have been told to wear rubber-soled shoes whenever they enter the room.

That is only one of the problems the couple say they have had to endure in their Victoria Road home ever since Hurricane Emily struck six years ago.

Mr. Borgesson, 81, and Mrs. Borgesson, 68, complain they have received no Government help for their plight.

Their home is part of a row of houses on Ireland Island South, off Cochrane Road, all of which are exposed to stormy weather. During Emily water swept through the home of Mr. and Mrs. Borgesson.

"The door blew in and I was washed from one side of the house to the other,'' recalled Mrs. Borgesson. "The wind also took part of the roof off.

"Government sent people to mend the damage. They fixed part of the roof but since then we have had trouble with damp. It is spreading all over the ceiling.'' Despite weeks of fine weather, damp patches are still visible in the bedroom and bathroom of the property. It was much worse during the winter months, according to Mrs. Borgesson. Much of the damp is getting dangerously close to plug sockets and light switches, she said.

Recently the fusebox caught fire and is still in a dangerous condition. Sandys North MP Mr. Eugene Cox, a Belco executive, has warned Mrs. Borgesson not to step on the kitchen floor in bare feet.

"He said I could get electrocuted so I have to wear rubber-soled shoes in the kitchen now. It is because of the damp.'' The couple say they have tried on many occasions to get Government and the West End Development Corporation to fix their property but with no luck.

Mrs. Borgesson added: "People come to look but never do anything about it.

Even the back yard needs concreting. It looks like a mint patch.'' The couple moved into their home -- one of 24 houses in the terrace which forms Victoria Road -- in 1965. But over the past decade they say the homes have been allowed to deteriorate.

"They have spent so much money beautifying the surrounding area but they have left the interiors and exteriors of our homes alone,'' complained Mrs.

Borgesson.

"Tourists who come past here on the bus see all the beauty and then think `Oh this must be the slum area.' "We have received no help even though we have never been in rent arrears in all our time here. I keep thinking that if we pay the rent something will be done.'' A Wedco spokesman said yesterday he would look into the Mrs. Borgesson's problems.

But he added: "Since Easter Mrs. Borgesson's plumbing and electrics have been upgraded, so I don't know what she is talking about.'' PLEA FOR HELP -- Mrs. Edna Borgesson at the back gate of her Victoria Road home.