Out toward Haggerty Road the city thins out and the wind gets a running start. Cutting Edge Services, LLC plows Livonia's western edge through the long haul between December and March, opening driveways, clearing walks and cutting back the drifts that build wherever there's open ground to cross. A lake-effect band can travel the width of the state and drop more here in six hours than the entire week before it. The answer is being out in the storm rather than behind it. Bare pavement by first light is the standard, and it's a good one to hold yourself to.