When I was little there was a small tornado by where I lived. I remember thinking of a big robot with a tornado picture on it. And when everyone said the mountains would stop it from coming, I pictured it exploding right before it hit the mountains.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when there was a tornado watch, you were supposed to sit down and watch the tornado.— Kay
- I used to think if a tornado sucked up a poisonous mushroom, it would die.— Will
- When i was little i used to believe that i could suck up a tornado in a vaccuum if it came in my house.Anon
- I used to be very fascinated by the weather and sometimes wished I could have a tornado for a best friend.— Will
- When I was a kid I thought that when tornado/twisters were what happened when God sneezed.— Not In Kansas Anymore
- when i was young i used to believe that the sun goes down behind the mountains into the earth— confused