When they talked about the jet stream on the weather, I thought they were talking about the smoke trails that jet planes leave in the sky.
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- When I was young, I thought that the smoke that jets leave behind them was how clouds were formed. — Rebecca
- I thought weather forecasters were psychic and that's how they knew what the weather would be.Anon
- I used to believe that smoke stacks that pumped out white smoke were cloud makers.— lizzie
- I used to think that the trails that Airplanes left in the sky, that's how clouds were made.Anon
- i believed like when i was 3 yrs. old i thought that air planes would come to your house to pick you up!— Brooke
- I thought planes collected clouds to make cotton balls.— Eddie