Four in the morning on the Southeast Side, and the snow comes in sideways off the open water past Wolf Lake — nothing between Hegewisch and the wind but marsh grass and the Skyway's long spine. H and H Landscape and Snow Removal Services is already moving: blade through the driveways, shovels down the walks, salt laid before the melt refreezes into something meaner. Out here storms hold a little longer and the drifts pack harder, so the work gets measured in passes rather than hours. There is a specific pleasure in finishing a run and seeing a whole block of dark pavement while the streetlights still burn. Get people to their cars, get the mail carrier a path, and the day can start.