I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and my little sister and I were children when the big earthquake occured. A part of our school curriculum always involved natural disasters in the area so we both grew up learning about fault lines and plates. Several years after the earthquake my family was on holiday and we were driving through the small town of San Andreas, California. My sister saw the "Welcome to San Andreas" sign and promptly asked, "So is this where they keep and make all the earthquakes?" in reference to the San Andreas fault that we had learned so much about.
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when there was an earthquake, rocks would fall from the sky.— Nai
- I used to believe that if you didn't eat your crust on the bread, there would be an earthquake.Anon
- when i was 4 i thought an earthquake was an earth cake!— chardog
- My sister used to believe that chickens grew from the ground.Anon
- My sister was convinced that when she grew up she was going to have puppies instead of babies— leohauoli
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother