Three in the morning on the straight roads out toward Blue Anchor, the only sound in the world is a plow blade and a diesel. Mike's Trees & Property Maintenance runs Hammonton's cold hours — driveways opened, lots cleared, walkways shoveled and treated while the town sleeps straight through it. Snow in South Jersey comes heavy and wet as often as it comes light, so the work is mostly about timing the passes right. Ice control goes down where shade will keep a surface frozen past noon. The pay-off shows up at sunrise, when the drive is clear and nobody had to think about it at all.