Freezing rain is the hard one in this part of the river country; it comes in ahead of the cold, glazes everything standing still, and then the snow lands on top of that. Quad Cities Snow Removal is built for that stretch of the season, plowing drives and lots, clearing walkways, and salting the ice underneath before it turns into a problem. Parking areas take a plan, since the piles have to go somewhere, the melt has to run somewhere, and the next storm still has to fit. Done right, a lot looks as though winter simply passed over it. Across South Moline and the towns strung along the water, that is the work.