Thanks Sam, you always have something interesting to talk about.
I have no doubt that politics (and elite agendas) have been influenced by weather and climate for a long time! I don't know if they could predict these things, or even fully understand them while they were happening (do we?), but I believe they capitalized on such events.
I recall reading that things like comets (which back then weren't yet known to be cyclical) were capitalized upon by charlatans of all types. Doom porn, miracle cures, you name it, the weirdos (and elite scumbags) would get up to their business whenever something celestial happened, because the common man had no idea what it meant, and could be made fearful.