Winter along Transit Road arrives in a hurry — grey by four, white by five, and every driveway suddenly a job. Buffalo Window Washing turns to snow through those months, plowing drives and lots around Elma, opening walks and steps, and spreading salt or sand once the packed snow turns hard. The measure of it is whether a car can back out at six without a second thought. Storms do not schedule themselves, so the trucks stay loaded and the route stays memorized. When the thaw finally comes, the shovels go back on the rack and the town gets its pavement back.