The catalogue of calamities continues. Just as with the prophecy about King Noah that came to pass, these calamities likely came to pass even though they are not specifically mentioned in the text. John L. Sorenson noted that in order to be considered a real threat, these calamities would have been possible and perhaps historically known, but rare enough that they could be seen as the result of prophecy. Sorenson specifically mentioned that hail has occurred in the highland Guatemala region where he located this Lamanite city.
Kerry Hull wrote an important paper discussing the east wind. Although that is a harbinger of evil in the Bible, he found that it was a similar sign in the New World region where this action was to have taken place.
The importance of this condemnation is both that it is not conditional, and that it was realistic. The power of the promised afflictions was increased by being known possibilities. Perhaps the conjunction of the possibilities also intensified the condemnation.