Borris

When I was a kid, I was convinced that multiple simultaneous natural events could not occur at the same time. For example, if there was a thunderstorm in an area experiencing an earthquake, the thunder, wind and rain would pause for the duration of the quake, then resume when it was over, doing the same for aftershocks. Obviously, the earthquake takes precedence.

Likewise, if there was a wildfire, and an earthquake happened, the fire would just have to suspend itself for a while, and hope that it didn't start raining after the earthquake turned off, or something.

Yeah, I had some odd ideas.

Mar 16 at 10:34amWeb
Show threadAdam MacLeodMar 16
@BorrisInABox Oh dear. No TSR capabilities at the time? LOL. I thought some pretty random quite obviously incorrect things in my time as well, LOL.
Show threadBorrisMar 16
@adam Yeah. No TSR for the universe, I guess. It didn't help that I experienced my first earthquake a bit later on a very calm summer night, so the lack of TSR couldn't be proven.
Show threadXander FwoofMar 16
@BorrisInABox well hey I thought the sky was a big wooden platform. I thought it was the world's ceiling.
Show threadBorrisMar 16
@dodecahedron Yeah, the sky was also a ceiling for me, but it was one of those thin fiberglass panels. That's how rain was able to get through from whatever was on the other side of the sky. It would just soak through to the other side.
Show threadMartinMar 16
@BorrisInABox @dodecahedron Lolol!
Show threadTerry BrayMar 16
@BorrisInABox that's no worse than me thinking that there were actually people in the radio. never did figure out how they ate.
Show threadRicky EngerMar 16
@BorrisInABox don't know what this says about me but this would actually make perfect sense to my younger self. at the time I remember reading stories where there'd be Christmas ceasefires in war and I always wondered how that got implemented, or if everyone just figured they couldn't celebrate and fight at the same time and just naturally did it. So if that, why not this? Every natural disaster can wait its turn. If they happen at the same time, how can the poor humans give each one the full panic it deserves? Hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, please make an orderly queue and don't begin until it's your time.
Show threadSirMarsMar 16
@BorrisInABox Dang, Half duplex natural events.