THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, July 14, 1996 TAG: 9607140167
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A11 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: 49 lines
VICKI CRONIS/The Virginian-Pilot
Bertha knocked a tree down that grazed Lillie M. Lister's house near
Eastville on the Eastern Shore, where she has lived since 1972.
Lister, 84, has never left her home for a shelter during a storm.
``It's God's will,'' she said Saturday of whatever happens.
MARTIN SMITH-RODDEN/The Virginian-Pilot
Virginia Beach lifeguards right an overturned lifeguard stand
Saturday morning at Sandbridge Beach. People returned to the
deceptively calm water early, but a strong undertow kept them from
venturing too far into the surf.
GARY C. KNAPP
At right, Donna Carrington and Nathan McCoy watch from their fishing
perch Saturday evening as the helicopter transport ship Kearsarge
makes its way back to Norfolk Naval Base. The 54 Navy ships and
submarines sent out to sea in advance of the storm began returning
to port Saturday evening. Of those, 48 are stationed in Norfolk -
and 14 were due to dock at by 10:30 Saturday night. The rest were to
resume returning to Norfolk early this morning. For up-to-date
arrival times today, including pier locations, call INFOLINE at
640-5555 and press NAVY (6289).
JOHN H. SHEALLY II/The Virginian-Pilot
Workers David Wages, left, and Fred Carpenter, from Windsor Tree
Service in Windsor, clear the front yard Saturday of Judge Robert
Edwards in Smithfield. Tree service workers were one group that saw
the silver lining in Bertha's clouds . . .
L. TODD SPENCER
. . .Surfers were another. Josh Blizzard of Norfolk shelters himself
from heavy wind with his surfboard Saturday as he watches other
surfers make use of the strong waves Bertha brought.
KEYWORDS: HURRICANE BERTHA AFTERMATH by CNB