I grew up in earthquake country (northern California). For some reason I always woke up in the night before earthquakes hit, some instinct gaind from having always been there with earthquakes happening so frequently. I though I caused the earthquakes, becasue I was awake, or rolled over, or pulled up the covers. I couldn't understand how I always woke up a good few minutes before they came.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that earthquakes happened because the earth was farting. — Amanda
- I used to believe that the sun didn't rise until i woke up— Ashley
- I use to believe that kissing your elbow would make you change your sex when you woke up the next day.— Chuck
- I used to beleive that you could catch yourself sleeping if you woke up fast enough.— Amber
- I uesd to believe that the world was just someones dream and that when they woke up we would all disappear.— tigga
- when i was 4 i believed i could breathe under water, one day i decided to try it and woke up in the hospital!Anon