Those things were happening in medieval France, in the ancient Hittite Empire, in First Dynasty Egypt, in the Indus Valley civilization, in...
Pointing to droughts or famines as "signs and portends" is about as reliable as pointing to a sack of rice in China falling over.
FAIL!
Regards,
I was not pointing to those things as “signs and portends”.
I was suggesting the proper response to such things.