Stop in for a cup of coffee

We had to travel in a blizzard to catch a flight. Only vehicle on the road at 04:00. Pounding through drifts high as bumper on the caravan. Ten miles from home,battery light comes on.
We stop and open hood, to find engine bay packed full of snow.
Just a black strip where the belt was running. We kept going, 50 more miles and it never quit.
Guess alternator slowed down enough to set off a warning.

Have you "winterguys" in north America ever seen covers for the grill, some kind of means to stop the snow, but also to reduce cooling to the radiator to keep the engine warmer and in turn the heater working better too ? It was very popular in Norway on trucks and buses in the 60ties and 70ties, maybe it was used later too.

Bill