Three in the morning along the US 34 corridor, and the big lots east of town lie blank and blue under the light poles with four inches down and more coming. CJM Services Inc runs snow work at that hour — plowing lots, opening entries, clearing sidewalks and treating ice so a Loveland business can unlock at seven as though nothing had happened overnight. Storms here keep no office hours; they arrive on a cold wind off the plain and finish about the time the town starts moving. The measure of the night is simple: bare pavement, curbs visible, nobody thinking about it. By sunrise the crew is already reading the sky for the next round.