Every year, there is one season where the weather outside is frightful, but the interior is so delightful.
It is because of one chilled form of precipitation that the outdoors are all at once, inhospitable and beautiful.
The element I'm talking about it snow.
If you're in a particularly cool part of the world, it can fall in gobs that become like a cement sheet of ice on your side walk or driveway quickly, at times in less than a day or so.
To counteract this, snow blowers were invented to expedite the snow removal process.
This process is so important that there are entire divisions of workforce devoted to the removal of snow as seen in the national Department of Transportation of the United States of America.
There are many reasons for removing snow and a few of them will be reviewed here.
The single reason that holds a seat of primacy above the rest is safety.
Snow is a reduced friction surface that breaks the direct contact between the desired mode of transportation and a sidewalk, an asphalt surface, or even an airplane tarmac.
The lack of resistance to tires caused by snow, slush, and ice causes everything from jumbo jets to high heels to slide all over the surfaces they are meant to adhere to and loose control.
Safety is a serious concern in all countries, but in the United States it can be a legitimate liability.
All companies are responsible for damages that take place on their property.
If negligence is proven, punitive damages are typically awarded.
However, if the attempt is made to keep the property in good condition, then the liability is removed.
Personal loss attorneys are hungry to prove this form of negligence because that is the critical component in receiving a favorable court order.
All of this takes place in a legal and accounting vacuum that ignores the morality of having a well kept property that is safe for customers and generally, the public.
For this reason, the snow removal teams of many resorts are maintained and sustained.
Another concern exists in that the reduced friction means that wheels, as well as feet, cannot maintain their grip which creates an environment void of control.
Out of control planes and cars are expensive pieces of investment.
Investors do not like their things going awry and out of control.
For this reason, the roads are paved and maintained that way, even after the white stuff starts falling.
Most of the time, the discussion is of public roads, and government owned tarmacs.
Citizens in these precincts and municipalities use their power as voters to ensure that road maintenance is a priority for the elected officials and that budget room is made in their respective governing bodies.
All this proves the value of the industry that has sprung out of snow removal.
Snow blowers have huge importance, on a moral and aesthetic level via the quality of the business' grounds, on a legal and liability level to prevent lawsuits, and on a safety level from the government, as it provides and sustains the health of the populace through a reduced number of accidents.