http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/automobiles/21SUV.html
"Some 75 drivers of Hummers, Land Rovers and four-wheel-drive trucks kept
Georgetown University Hospital staffed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, after
Washington-area hospitals ran announcements on television soliciting
drivers. An army of 60 forged choked back roads and unplowed cul-de-sacs for
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. And hundreds more hit roadways
unnavigable by ordinary cars in suburban Virginia and up the East Coast
through Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Glen Cardelino, who manages a Hummer dealership in Greenbelt, Md., and
drives a top-of-the-line Hummer H1, found sweet vindication along with the
satisfaction of helping out. His vehicle may get 14 miles to a gallon of
gasoline, but, he said, "We were there when you needed us."
He has 30 inches of road clearance on his Hummer, and he drove all day
Monday for Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Md., delighted to exercise
the rugged capabilities of his warrior wheels. "The Hummer was just like a
snowmobile," he said. "I was driving back three-quarters of a mile off the
main roads on streets that hadn't been touched" in two feet of snow. "
Sure. 30" of road clearance...
14 MPG. Yeah, right.
;-)
--pat.
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