Better Air Northwest

About Better Air Northwest

Fog collects in the newer cul-de-sacs at the foot of Tukes Mountain the way it collects in any low bowl of cleared land, and on the coldest mornings it freezes onto the driveways before the sun ever finds them over the ridge. Better Air Northwest works those subdivisions, running down curving streets that were pasture not long ago, clearing ice from the aprons and walkways before anyone leaves for work. The company keeps a mental list of the driveways that never get direct sun in January, the north-facing ones tucked in the mountain's own shadow, and hits those first. Most winters here bring more black ice than snowfall, so the work is as much about scraping a hidden glaze off concrete as shoveling anything white. By mid-morning the sun usually clears the ridge, and the driveways are dry underneath it.