A nor'easter finds Newark from the water first: the wind swings around, the gulls come inland, and by evening the lots out toward the airport are white and rising. Premier Exterior Services runs those nights — plowing lots and drives, cutting walkways down to the surface, spreading salt ahead of the freeze and again behind it. The city does not stop for weather; planes land, shifts change, doors have to open at six. Storm work gets measured in passes and hours, and in the sound of a big lot going quiet under the blade. Morning comes, the pavement is clear, and the day starts on time.