February in DeKalb County starts in the dark, and the lots have to be open before the first car turns in off the road. Hook Landscaping & Snow Removal LLC runs the plow routes then — clearing drives and parking areas, shoveling entries and walkways, spreading salt on the ice that hardens under packed snow. Wind off the open ground loads a drift across a driveway faster than the storm itself can fall. So you clear it, come back, clear it again, and stack the banks where they won't melt across the pavement at noon. Sunrise on a fully opened lot is a good way to finish a shift.