The first flakes always announce themselves inside a streetlight, drifting slow and sideways before the real weather shows up. Double-P landscaping llc is awake for that in Vernon — truck warming, backup alarm the only voice on an empty street. Plow, shovel, salt where it counts, all of it done in the hours nobody sees, so the morning can be somebody else's ordinary Tuesday. On flat ground the wind will rebuild a drift as fast as you take it away, which is precisely why another pass gets made. Clear pavement, curb to door, before the sky has even thought about turning gray.