From Sabin Point the bay opens wide and grey with Pomham Rocks Light standing out in it, and you can watch a storm come up the water long before it reaches anyone's driveway. Ocean State Snow Plowing uses that lead time — trucks staged, routes set, the first pass made while the accumulation is still light enough to push clean. Shoreline snow arrives dense and full of water, and East Providence gets the freeze-thaw that turns a plowed lot into a rink by Tuesday, so surfaces are sanded and salted where they need it. Walkways, stairs and the strip between the car door and the house are cleared by hand, because that is where people actually go down. The reward is a property that is simply open — no hesitation, no shoveling before work.