When I was a kid my mom told me that tornados didn't come at night in the dark. I suppose it was the best way to get me to go to bed during tornado season!
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to think that tornados were made when God farted.— Catherine
- I was always afraid of trailer parks because I though that is where tornados came from.— Evan
- I used to believe that tornados only happened in North America.Anon
- I used to believe that when there was a tornado watch, you were supposed to sit down and watch the tornado.— Kay
- I thought tornados were monsters,and that they called out the national guard to destroy it.— Ben J.Grimm
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan