THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, February 3, 1996             TAG: 9602030334
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   40 lines

IN THE GRIP OF WINTER: A (N)ICE DAY HAMPTON ROADS SCRAMBLED, MADE DO - AND LOOKED IN WONDER

The Virginian-Pilot

300 YEARS, DOWN: In the Thoroughgood area of Virginia Beach, a pine

tree - whose age is estimated at 300 years - fell under the weight

of ice on its branches. Marguerite Dickerson, whose house is in the

tree's yard, explored its expanses Friday afternoon.

MOTOYA NAKAMURA

The Virginian-Pilot

VIRGINIA POWER: In the Norfolk command center, operation supervisors

Lester Pauls, Jim Leonard and Wayne Brooks coordinate efforts to

restore customers' power.

STEVE EARLEY

The Virginian-Pilot

RISKY? SO? Tamera Thomason, left, gets a manicure by candlelight

from Robin Diaz at Regis Hair Stylists in Lynnhaven Mall. Parts of

the mall lost power about 11 a.m.

BILL TIERNAN

The Virginian-Pilot

NO CONTACT ALLOWED: After ice weighed down branches and brought them

into contact with power lines in Norfolk's Lakewood neighborhood,

Daryl Wright stepped in. Wright, a Norfolk resident who works with

Asplundh Tree Expert Co., trimmed back the branches along Lakewood

Drive on Friday.

KEYWORDS: WINTER STORM ICE by CNB