The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, August 28, 1995                TAG: 9508260012
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

PRAYER DID IT?

The minute I read in your newspaper that Hurricane Felix was heading away from Virginia Beach, I said to my brother, ``I bet Pat Robertson will take credit for the storm's movement out to sea'' and sure enough, in the Sunday edition, there was a picture of two fruit cakes holding hands, praying that the storm would miss us.

If readers of this article believe those two caused the storm's movement to sea, then these same people surely must believe that there is a Mother Goose, a Tooth Fairy, an Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.

RUTH C. NELSON

Virginia Beach, Aug. 20, 1995 by CNB