Growing up in the Midwest - there were frequent tornado warnings.
For those of you who are not familiar with tornados, it is recommended that you open windows to help equalize the air pressure in your home to keep it from exploding.
I would go behind my father and close the windows because I thought the tornado would push thru the screens as little tornados then re-form into the large tornado in our house!
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
- 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
- When I was a kid I thought that when tornado/twisters were what happened when God sneezed.— Not In Kansas Anymore
- I used to think if a tornado sucked up a poisonous mushroom, it would die.— Will
- I used to be very fascinated by the weather and sometimes wished I could have a tornado for a best friend.— Will
- I used to believe a tornado was a omato flying around and wondered why people were afraid of them.Anon