My mom told me that when there was a fire they would break open the water tower and flood the town. When i asked what happened to the people, she would say, "they drown." This was to keep me from playing with matches and starting fires.
A childhood belief about water towers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Fire Station was where all fires occurred.Anon
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I thought that hot water couldn't put out fires.— Matt
- i thought that if water towers fell the city would flood. So everynight i would stay up worrying.— o.O haku
- i used to think the water tower was filled with milk— jen
- i used to believe that humpty dumpty lived in our towns water towerAnon