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.