As a child I once went to Atlantic City with my parents. I didn't speak English very well back then but I liked to watch the news with them at night. The news were constantly referring to this Bob Hurricane, whom I assumed was the U.S.'most famous reporter. I was quite annoyed that they were always talking about that guy. The next day, the hurricane arrived and I understood at last :)
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I thought Hurricane Dennis (in 2005) and the character Dennis from the Spongebob movie were related somehow.Anon
- I used to believe that my dog could speak English, but he just didn't feel like it.— Mariah
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- I believed Walter Cronkite knew everything, that's why they let him do the news.— Dixon
- From a TV news program about freedom fighters, I though that `Gorrillas` could use guns.— adrian
- I used to think that the Huey Lewis and the News song "I Want a New Drug" went "I Want a New Truck".— Chloe