After all, the word "spirit" originally meant wind or breeze. Our spirit would leave our body with our last breath. Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit into His disciples. We bless people for sneezing due to the fear of their spirit being exposed. Wind, as a largely invisible force, can powerfully move people and objects like the unseen hand of God.
Now, I know more about the actual science behind our understanding of how these forces work. Hurricanes, tornados, even windy days can be predicted with varying degrees of certainty depended on the available data. I understand the forces behind the tiny dervishes that sweep up snow or sand in a circling dance, but I can see how people without that understanding explained them away as spirits and ghosts that could bring both beauty and mischief to their world. In some ways, we've lost a lot of the magic of the world simply through our growing understanding.
Still, I wonder: what message was today's snow storm trying to bring and for whom was it intended?