nature: weather

When I was 3 or 4, my father carried me outside at night and I caught a glimpse of the Northern Lights dancing around in the sky. I thought it was a ghost and was so scared that I always closed my eyes when I had to go outside in the dark.

I thought that aeroplane vapour trails were the cause of clouds. I think my mother told me at some point that the stuff that came out of the back of a plane was water vapour, which is what clouds are made from, and I interpreted this to mean that that was how all clouds were made. That and the cooling towers of a power plant near my home. I didn't think it was there specifically to make clouds, I just thought they were a side effect.

When i was little i believed that the loud wind you heard was a big monster coming to eat us all! So when i heard that i would run to the house. 2 years ago i figured out that that wasn't true. And I'm 15!

-dani

Growing up in Australia I was used to hearing weather alerts.

One that has been with me for about 35 years (I feel so embarrassed that I didnt get corrected years ago) is where the weather man says:

"There is a sheet weather alert"

Now I thought it meant that the rain was so hard, it's coming down 'in sheets'.

My mum nearly pee'd herself laughing when I recently told her this one.

It's actually a "sheep weather alert" for the farmers.

When I was little, whenever the clouds covered the sun, I used to think that it was because the sun had to shine else where in the world or else it wouldn't be fair if my house had all the sunshine.

As a little kid, I didn't understand why adults got so frustrated if it rained right after they washed their cars. What's the problem? It's just water. I hadn't considered the concept of mud.

i used to believe that all the weathers stayed in space and came out in turns.i had alot of drawings of allthe weathersplaying games in space.. yes, i was a sad little girl

I used to believe…

That I could control the wind by talking to it sweetly. When the breeze failed to come on my request I put it down to the wind being temprimental (like me).

When i was was a kid i used to think that clouds were actually space ships fighting over earth and that rain happened when ever one got destroyed.

When I was a child I used to believe that it was a rainy day and also a sunny day, God was fighting with the Devil

As a kid in Germany, we all thought that if the sun shone while it was raining, then the Devil was having a wedding (eine Hochzeit).

When I was very young I used to think that the rays of sunshine that came through the clouds was God touching the earth.

Needless to say now I'm an athiest.

I used to believe it was called the windshield factor...the temperture air is when it hits your car when you are driving fast.

I used to believe that clouds were made from cotton wool.

The clouds were really the images, animals and people I imagined them to be

I thought the clouds held the meaning of life, I'm still asked why i stare soo much at the sky.