When you have natural disasters, you will always find a few things nearby. Fear, community, and "civic, communal, and religious leadership were interwoven in times of danger"(Arnold 2018). Why is it in the times of extreme drought, or tornados ripping through villages, people found comfort and strength in one another back in the 800's and even now in 2021. Community is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as "the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interests, social group or nationality." Arnold presented numerous examples of community coming together but one instance which stood out, is when bishop St. Severin learned a rich woman was profiting off an extreme famine caused by a harsh winters, he forced the woman to share her stockpile and the famine quickly ended.
Another interesting point is the amount religion played into early settlers ideas of weather. Weather was not it's own being, God was the reason for the floods or drought. Followers of christianity also relied heavily on prayers solving their problems, believing God was accepting their forgiveness and therefore would reward drought victims with rains. The most well known story of floods found within christianity is the story of Noah's Ark. In the midst of The Flood which ruined anything in its path, the Ark, his boat helped him get to safety.