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**JohnfAclambrJA** · 05-01-2011, 07:03 PM

There were reports of tornadoes as far north as NJ, also.

Volunteers rush to help storm-torn towns in South as death toll climbs

BY Kathleen Lucadamo
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, April 30th 2011, 2:38 PM

Rogelio V. Solis/AP
James Nicholas surveys the damage in Hackleburg, Ala., Friday, April 29, 2011.

Tornado-torn towns have received desperately needed help from volunteers - including football rivals - as the death toll continued to climb.
The University of Alabama, housed in tornado-stricken Tuscaloosa, was offered volunteers from six big colleges, including sports nemesis Ole Miss.
The others are Auburn, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Penn State and South Carolina, according to a spokesperson for the University of Alabama.
Students were collecting supplies they hoped to hand deliver and holding fund raisers for their college counterparts.
They joined scores of do-gooders who have flocked to tornado-ravaged cities where hundreds were ripped from their homes - and those whose houses are still standing have no electricity.

K9 Search and Rescue Specialists Inc.'s Tracy Sargent works with her dog Chance as they assist Tuscaloosa authorities, searching the rubble for survivors in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

The Red Cross set up two shelters in Tuscaloosa to house 240 people and feed hundreds more. The National Guard has stepped in to enforce curfews and residents lined up at relief stations for water, food and other necessities like flashlights.
"We feel like we've been blessed," Niki Eberhart, whose Tuscaloosa pad was annihilated in one twister, told the Associated Press. "If you don't have bad times, how are you going to appreciate the good times."
The storms have killed more than 330 across seven states, with the highest death toll in Alabama. It's the country's second-deadliest tornando since 1925, when 747 were killed in storms that swept the Midwest.
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox said up to 446 people were unaccounted for in the city of 83,000, calling the wreckage "a humanitarian crisis."
President Obama, who toured the aftermath Friday, declared "I've never seen devastation like this."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ll_climbs.html

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JohnfAclambrJA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	2011 Tornadoes There were reports of tornadoes as far north as NJ, also. Volunteers rush to help storm-torn towns in South as death toll climbs BY Kathleen Lucadamo DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Saturday, April 30th 2011, 2:38 PM Rogelio V. Solis/AP James Nicholas surveys the damage in Hackleburg, Ala., Friday, April 29, 2011. Tornado-torn towns have received desperately needed help from volunteers - including football rivals - as the death toll continued to climb. The University of Alabama, housed in tornado-stricken Tuscaloosa, was offered volunteers from six big colleges, including sports nemesis Ole Miss. The others are Auburn, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Penn State and South Carolina, according to a spokesperson for the University of Alabama. Students were collecting supplies they hoped to hand deliver and holding fund raisers for their college counterparts. They joined scores of do-gooders who have flocked to tornado-ravaged cities where hundreds were ripped from their homes - and those whose houses are still standing have no electricity. K9 Search and Rescue Specialists Inc.'s Tracy Sargent works with her dog Chance as they assist Tuscaloosa authorities, searching the rubble for survivors in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) The Red Cross set up two shelters in Tuscaloosa to house 240 people and feed hundreds more. The National Guard has stepped in to enforce curfews and residents lined up at relief stations for water, food and other necessities like flashlights. "We feel like we've been blessed," Niki Eberhart, whose Tuscaloosa pad was annihilated in one twister, told the Associated Press. "If you don't have bad times, how are you going to appreciate the good times." The storms have killed more than 330 across seven states, with the highest death toll in Alabama. It's the country's second-deadliest tornando since 1925, when 747 were killed in storms that swept the Midwest. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox said up to 446 people were unaccounted for in the city of 83,000, calling the wreckage "a humanitarian crisis." President Obama, who toured the aftermath Friday, declared "I've never seen devastation like this." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ll_climbs.html
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