Being from the Hudson Valley/Catskills region of New York, we were always told that a bad thuderstorm was Rip Van Winkle bowling!
A childhood belief about weather
others believed things like this
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli
- My mother told me when I was young that thunder was from God bowling!— K.G.
- When I was little my dad told me when ever it thundered it was my Grandma bowling a strike.Anon
- I used to think the Black Country region in the UK was called that because everyone lived in darkness there.— K
- My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY