In Newport the storm's real weight lands where nobody is looking — on rooflines, on the north pitch that never sees February sun. Ace Roofing, LLC works winter from that angle: plowing driveways and lots, clearing walks, breaking the ice loose at the eaves before it can back water under a shingle. The trucks are out while Route 2 is still one white lane and the sanders haven't come through yet. There's a plain satisfaction in a dooryard opened by six in the morning, the steps down to bare tread and the day made possible again. Snow is only a problem until somebody moves it.