Thirty miles of open water is all it takes: a west wind crosses Lake Michigan, picks up everything it can carry, and drops it on Kent County by two in the morning. E & E Lawn and Snow Services works those hours in Wyoming — plowing drives, opening lots, shoveling walks and putting down salt so the ice never gets a foothold. A lake-effect band can add inches while you are still clearing the last ones, which is why the route runs more than once on the bad nights. The best version of this job is invisible: you step outside at seven and the pavement is simply black and clear. That is the whole ambition, storm after storm, from the first sticking snow to the last thaw.