Squalls cross the Walker and Standale flats in a hurry, blowing in off the lake and turning Lake Michigan Drive into a white tunnel for twenty minutes at a stretch. Cutter Lawn Care & Snowplowing works behind them, plowing driveways and lots the moment a band moves through and again after the next one. Walks are cleared right to the door, the drive apron is pushed back before it can freeze into a ridge, and salt goes where the sun will not reach until March. On the clear nights that follow a squall the sky over west Grand Rapids goes hard and bright with stars — good weather for finishing the last few stops.