At three in the morning the wind crosses the open lots along Eureka Road with nothing at all to slow it down, and snow drifts back over ground that was cleared an hour ago. American Skilled Trade Services works that shift — plowing drives and lots, cutting a walk down to bare concrete, coming back through when the storm refuses to quit. Downriver winters seldom arrive politely; they arrive sideways, overnight, on the night before everybody has somewhere to be. The reward is simple and it is worth being awake for: a clean approach at daybreak, and a street full of people who get where they're going. Snow is heavy work, and there's pride in doing it while the rest of Taylor sleeps.