Volunteers Converge On Tornado-Torn Tuscaloosa -- Looks Like Tide Football Time

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Thousands of volunteers flooded the hard-hit home of the University of Alabama with chainsaws, wrecking bars and food Saturday, offering help and hugs to tornado victims and causing traffic jams reminiscent of a football weekend.

A long line of vehicles piled into a volunteer registration center where officials waived plans to make workers register because they couldn't keep up with the large number of people showing up to work.

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Volunteers Converge On Tornado-Torn Tuscaloosa -- Looks Like Tide Football Time

Groups have had time since the storms struck April 27 to organize trips, and the turnout appeared far heavier than the first weekend after the twis...

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