When I was a child my Dad's mother was so frightened by Thunder storms she would unplug all elect. appliances and turn off all the lights and the whole family would have to sit in the dark middle of the room.
My father so hated this that as a small child he would take me out to sit in the car with him to watch the storm. When there was thunder and lightening he would say the thunder was the clouds banging together and the lightening the sparks from the bump.
I still enjoy thunder storms and passed on to my daughter the reason for the thunder and lighting
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that thunder was the bricks of our house banging together for some reason.— Ncik
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- My mother always told me that thunder came from clouds colliding with each other.— Martijn
- When i was younger i thaught that thunder came when two skies crashed and the ligthning was sparks— Rickard
- When I was a child, I believed that thunder was God playing on the computer.
— Gabriela - I think thunder is the clouds fighting and bashing eachother and lightning is fire balls from the sun.— Crazy Cowgirl MADI