In the "Facing Floods in the Middle Ages" article, the first few paragraphs mention something called hunger stones which I think are really interesting. I've never heard of these before and they are a little scary to think about. The writings on the sides of these stones are very ominous and show us just how people viewed the weather in the Middle Ages. Imagine how scary it would be to see those stones in the river knowing that food could be scarce. In history class, we don't normally talk about the weather during the times we are talking about because there are other more important things to mention. But to know about these peoples everyday lives, its important to know what they thought about on a daily basis. They probably worried about the weather frequently because they relied on good weather for their food and to stay alive. The weather was probably really unpredictable and scary to them. In the modern day, we have news cites that report the weather everyday so that we have one less thing to worry about. Yes, we worry about the weather sometimes, but we almost always know when bad weather is coming. They never knew when they were going to have to prepare for a drought or a hurricane or something bad happening with the weather. Reading about the hunger stones just made me realize how scary the weather could have been to the people of the Middle Ages.