The wind is howling, rattling windows and eaves like a tornado ready to strike.  Outside the trees are swaying so much it looks like they will fall over.  As I look out the window, snow is actually blowing sideways.   These sudden, fierce storms pop up without warning.  You can easily be driving along on clear roads and within seconds be surrounded by intense, blowing snow.  Such snow squalls make driving treacherous and ill advised. The government has issued a squall warning.  While more common in areas with large bodies of water, such a warning is rare in our prairie environment.  How do we deal with such an unknown entity? …