In elementary school we were told that a tornado approaching sounded similar to the sound of a train. I took this as meaning the toot of a train- not the chug noise....I let my family in on my knowledge to warn them... but from that point on, every time my cousin and I were playing outside and a train in the distance tooted it's horn, she would run inside and lock me out, yelling that it was too late!! She couldn't open the door because of the tornado.. I cried and cried and held on to the railing waiting for the gust of wind to come and take me away...
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you put a penny on a train tracks that it would derail it — ROSS
- For some reason, I used to believe that women only got raped on train tracks.
— Jessica Tinch - 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