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

DATE: Wednesday, September 18, 1996         TAG: 9609180451
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                            LENGTH:   14 lines

THREATENING SKY

ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photo]

DREW C. WILSON

The Virginian-Pilot

Bran Birney, 34, of Chester, Pa., has the beach and surf all to

himself on Tuesday as dense rain clouds move over an isolated

stretch of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on Hatteras Island. by CNB