The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, November 19, 1994            TAG: 9411190466
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A9   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

GORDON BACKS DOWN

MEMO: Related stories on pages A1, A8 and A9.

ILLUSTRATION: Photo by DAVID B. HOLLINGSWORTH, Staff

At Sandbridge, usually a target of coastal storms, debris from

demolished decks was scattered across the 2200 block of Sandfiddler

Road. Area roads also were littered with debris, mud and sometimes

torrents of ocean overwash.

ASSOCIATED PRESS photo

Kicks from the hurricane: feeling the sting of waves as they smash a

rock jetty. At Fort Macon, N.C., on Friday, Trixy Watson, left; Ben

Davis; and Chandler Fulcher enjoyed it all.

Photo by JOSEPH JOHN KOTLOWSKI, Staff

The urban side of Gordon: rain - splashing, soaking, blowing.

Pedestrians in downtown Norfolk tried to protect themselves.

KEYWORDS: HURRICANE GORDON by CNB