Before the borough wakes, the lots along the approach roads have to be open — that is the whole clock a snowstorm runs on. Palumbo Site Services does snow removal around Keansburg with that deadline in view: plowing lots and driveways, stacking snow where it will not block sightlines, clearing walkways and entrances, and salting for the refreeze that follows a bayshore storm. Weather here often arrives as rain and turns over to snow after midnight, which makes timing the whole job. Sunrise on scraped blacktop, snow piled out of the way, every door reachable — that is the finished picture. Keansburg, Union Beach, Hazlet, Middletown and Keyport.