Give HOPE.

You don't have to be a long-time reader of "So what can I do" to guess that I'm not in favor of the mass production of HUMMERs for the public. But if folks insist on driving these awful vehicles, here's something useful they can do with them. The HUMMER Club has teamed with the Red Cross to start HUMMER Owners Prepared for Emergencies (HOPE).

HOPE "will certify qualifying members as Red Cross volunteers who can be deployed by the local chapters of Red Cross to drive supplies and Red Cross personnel into disaster areas where other vehicles might not be able to reach." Now that's what the vehicles were made for!

Contact the Red Cross or the Hummer Club for information on how you can give HOPE during hurricanes, floods and other disasters.