In reply to Snowy Owl. The BBC screened a program about it on Wednesday, The Storm that Saved a City. It is mainly about devastation the 1968 storm caused Glasgow but it is also a social statement about the unbelievable levels of poverty and degradation that still existed in 1968. It is well worth a watch, it is still on BBC iplayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09lsq54