So is it silly to buy a snow plow stock just because a big storm is coming?

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He had surgery Friday after tearing his biceps tendon while trying to attach a snow plow blade to his tractor.

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Douglas Dynamics is a snow plow pure play.

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Perhaps most famously, heavy snowfall in New England led to the controversial 1982 Snow Plow Game, in which Patriots kicker John Smith hit a game-winning field goal only after a snowplow had cleared a spot for him to kick from.

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Summer visitors see grazing reindeer and Sami camps, and in winter a special bus follows a snow plow up the final eight miles to reach the 1, 000-foot high plateau where, bracing against the winds, you get to stand beside the iconic North Cape globe for photographic proof positive that you have literally stood at the top of the world.

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Life appeared to be returning to normal in the region Tuesday as plow crews reopened hundreds of snow-packed roadways that had been made impassable by last weekend's historic blizzard.

WSJ: Road by Road, Plows Reopen Cities, Towns

In Concord, plow driver Jim Pierce said road conditions were awful, and while the fluffy consistency of the snow made it relatively easy to push around, the sheer volume made it a challenge.

WSJ: A state-by-state look at the Northeast snowstorm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dispatched more than 410 plow trucks to hard-hit Suffolk County, parts of which were mugged by nearly three feet of snow.

WSJ: Northeast Digging Out After Snowstorm