weather

When I was young I used to believe that when it is raining God is crying or washing dishes.

Anon

I used to believe "isolated showers" on the weather forecast was spelt "iceolated" & referred to sort of hailstorms.

Jeff Gilbert

In Venezuela, kids are told that when it rains but it's sunny at the same time, it is because God and the Devil are fighting

Jhex

During a snowstorm, that snow that blew over a light was actually a ghost.

GE

I used to think that the sound that you hear when a jet flies over you was made by the clouds moving in the sky!

jamie

I used to believe that on a cloudy day I could sing to the sun and it would come out for a minute. I would ask my mom "did you notice any sunny times today?"

Kimberly

I always thought that the layers of the atmosphere (ionsphere, stratosphere, etc) were separated, and that each layer was uniform throughout, rather than all the layers mixed together in a gradient. Also, I thought that atmosphere was contained in a bubble-like shield so all of the atmosphere wouldn't escape out into space. Ozone layer was also a type of shield (I always imagined them as a type of translucent shiny bubble), and the hole was a literal hole where there was no ozone at all. I guess that's what happens from looking at so many diagrams =P

your cat

I used to believe that when I sang a song called "Mr. Sun" loud enough, the sun would come out and smile at me. When it was stormy out, I thought the sun was mad. Then, in school, I learned about clouds and weather. I never sang that song again.

Eben

I use to believe Smog and Fog were the same thing on smog was darker

Anon

A belief from childhood that remained with me until an embarassingly late age, was that the jet stream, that all powerful influence on temperate and arctic weather, was caused by jets whooshing around the planet on intercontinental flights at high altitude.

Penrith

When my family and I went on outtings, I used to think that we were special because the sun followed us wherever we went.

Jooday

When I was about seven I thought that rainbows where circular and a child in china was looking at the opposit end of the rainbow.

untaimed Haurt

I used to believe that everytime when there's sunray shining through the clouds, it's the stairway for the souls to climb up to heaven

Karyn

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

Helga

When I was little, I used to believe that wind was caused by whales flapping their tails way out in the ocean.

Nanohawk

I was 3 years old when I had to fly from Athens to Venice. During the flight I was looking at the clouds out of the window, wondering where people find so much cotton to cover the sky.

Giorgos

When I was little, I thought that clouds were made of a solid substance. I also thought that you could reach out of an airplane window with a jar in your hand, and scoop up some spongy, foamy clouds. I was DEVASTATED when I found out they were just glorified water.

Chartreuse