The first flakes usually reach Pin Oak in the late afternoon, sliding up out of the southwest while the light over the fields is still gold. McMillen Outdoor Solutions starts then, not after — plowing driveways and lots as the accumulation builds, cutting walkways and steps clear, laying salt ahead of the freeze instead of behind it. Madison County wind will take an open field and set it right back down across a lane, so the second and third passes matter every bit as much as the first. A drive stays open because somebody kept coming back to it through the night. That persistence is most of what snow work actually is.