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Posted on 09-02-09 04:21:10 PM (last edited by Dopeboy175 at 05-15-12 07:54:51 PM)

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Originally posted by Metal_Man88
Yeah. I'm sensitive to smells, so the smell is almost overwhelming to me. I have no problem ignoring it and walking in the rain, but the smell itself can at times make me feel sick or weird until it finally starts raining proper.

This being similar to how strong smells seem to effect me strangely.

I'm the same way as you when it comes to scents at times. One of the worse smells I have ever experienced was rotten watermelon.

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Posted on 09-02-09 04:22:56 PM (last edited by Drag at 09-02-09 01:24 PM)

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Oh yes, definitely.

I can also usually feel the energy before a thunderstorm, too.

I think the weirdest thing though, I can smell "hot" and "cold". Like, winter has a different smell than summer does.

Edit: Apparently I'm not the only one. Curses go to me for not reading the whole thread first.

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Posted on 09-02-09 09:15:49 PM

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Nope, I happen to have a very undeveloped sense of smell, therefore I have a hard time smelling things at all.

But I can feel that rain is approaching from up to 15 minutes away, before any apparent signs show. So yeah I guess I can "feel" the rain at least.

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Posted on 09-02-09 09:20:59 PM

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Originally posted by Girlydragon
Nope, I happen to have a very undeveloped sense of smell, therefore I have a hard time smelling things at all.

But I can feel that rain is approaching from up to 15 minutes away, before any apparent signs show. So yeah I guess I can "feel" the rain at least.

Thats pretty cool that you can feel the approaching.

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Posted on 09-02-09 09:22:32 PM

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Some of the time, I'll feel the pressure dropping right before a storm. This is usually followed by a nasty headache.

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Posted on 09-03-09 10:14:12 PM

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Yes! And it can only be smelled about 5 days a year cuz IT NEVER RAINS where I live so I enjoy it when it arrives.

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Posted on 09-03-09 11:22:10 PM

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I seem to be able to smell it as well. Snow doesn't seem to have the same smell.

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Posted on 09-03-09 11:25:19 PM

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Originally posted by Anthony
stuff that scares children, etc.)

By that definition it would rain everywhere I went.

Well, I guess you can somewhat feel it. There are tons of hint for the weather (i.e atmospheric pressure, humidity, looking at the clouds), so I guess?

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Posted on 09-04-09 03:15:16 AM

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Yes. Especially when it rains hard and afterward.

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Posted on 09-04-09 03:33:05 AM

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Oh, snow can smell when it's melting and all dirty and muddy and full of garbage.

Winter just freezes your nose, so good luck smelling anything.

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Posted on 09-04-09 06:16:31 AM

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Very rarely. I suppose it's something that comes from living in warmer and more humid areas. I have lived in Norway all my life.. so I've only been able to do it on rare occasions during summer.

Where I am now, not a chance. I'm in the arctic, in the second closest settlement to the north pole (Longyearbyen, Svalbard). This place is cold and dry. But it's totally fantastic here. And really special. It really is an arctic desert. Cold, no trees, mostly just rocks and stone (you could pretend you're on Mars..)... until the snow and darkness comes.

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Posted on 09-04-09 06:25:50 AM

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I can't.

I can *feel* it coming though. There's a cool breeze right before it hits.

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Posted on 09-05-09 04:09:22 AM

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Case in point: Some REALLY dark clouds were rolling by today but there was no moisture smell... as such, it didn't rain.

(East part of Montreal got a shower, though. Go figure.)

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Posted on 09-05-09 06:00:23 AM

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Yes, and it smells goooood

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Posted on 09-06-09 07:13:29 AM (last edited by Exate at 09-06-09 04:22 AM)

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Sure can. It's a good warning sign for me to close the windows on a day where rain is about to strike.
Not just because I obviously wouldn't want the house to get drenched, but I'm also not a big fan of the rain, either.

...But, I'll admit, the sound of rain on the windows is rather soothing during the transition from being awake to asleep in bed. Or anytime for that matter (but mostly the former).

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