January at Kennebunk Beach is sea smoke on the water and shuttered cottages in both directions, the summer road down empty except for wind. Proscape Irrigation works straight through it — plowing driveways and parking areas, opening walks and entries, and putting sand or salt on the spots that freeze back after every thaw. Salt air makes for a strange winter here: half the storms come in half rain, and what they leave turns to glass overnight. Getting out ahead of that, well before first light, is what this coast asks for. Kennebunk, Kennebunk Beach, Kennebunkport and Wells are all on the storm route.