Warnings are clearly set out towards both men at the beginning of both stories but even with these signs they both decided to ignore them. In snow Redcliff has the knowledge of a farmer and yet since he knows the storm is going to end and what he is doing he ignores what he knows for his own personal reasons. In examples from snow would be Redcliffs farmer knowledge from snot it states. " Didn't start till last in the afternoon," Milk sobbotski said in his own shivering way" No, and it did not last long ether," Bill agreed while he was shouldering into his overalls "but while he lasted..." Mike and Bill knew of these certain things about the storm from living on a farm for so long. The same knowledge that Redcliff had. They knew what to expect from the storm which i why they did not go out but Recliff decided to knowing what the outcome would be going into the storm Redcliff ignored his own farmers knowledge.
