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29 July 2005

I love the smell of an incoming rainstorm. That is all.

post by: mr_crash_davis at: 20:56 | 17 comments

YOU SUCK, MR_CRASH_DAVIS!

posted by mudpuppie 29 July | 21:01

Well sure, but you know what's an even better smell? Bacon. Mmm, bacon.

Oh, and the smell of garlic you get from your hands a few hours after chopping it up, when you aren't expecting it. That's nice, too.

On preview: well sure, but he smells nice.

posted by yhbc 29 July | 21:01

me too. I love the way the sky looks then, too.

posted by jonmc 29 July | 21:02

If it started raining bacon and garlic, I think I'd be scared. And hungry.

posted by bmarkey 29 July | 21:10

PS: It didn't actually rain, but it smelled like it, which was really all that mattered.

posted by mr_crash_davis 29 July | 21:11

I like the smell of when it's just started raining after it hasn't rained for a while, that dusty sidewalk smell.

posted by matildaben 29 July | 21:17

i like the smell when it's going to snow. : >

posted by amberglow 29 July | 21:19

I love me some thunderstorms. I'm a very indoors-type these days. But my childhood, in a small town, was mostly outdoors. Thunderstorms, especially the smell of the rain, remind me of my childhood. I love lightning and thunder and the sound of rain hitting the roof really hard. But I'm weird about falling water that way. I have a habit of taking long showers in the dark. It's restfull.

On preview: actually, sometimes you can smell when it's gonna snow. Maybe "smell" isn't the right word. But the air gets a particular way.

posted by kmellis 29 July | 21:30

yup. i can always tell.

posted by amberglow 29 July | 21:59

What I hate about Utah in the summer is the dark clouds rise, the deadly daystar briefly goes away, there's even a flash or two on the horizon.

And then...

Nothing. For someone who loves a good storm, Utah is such a cocktease. All words, all moans, no action.

posted by pandaharma 29 July | 22:09

I love that smell as well. And the smell of snow. So, yeah.

posted by LeeJay 29 July | 22:19

We're getting to "monsoon" season here in Albuquerque. The way the big mountain is, and how it works with mountains in desert climes, we get a big buildup of stormclouds over the city by mid to late afternoon and then a pouring rainstorm. August is really the month. In wet years, every single day. It's pretty cool, except when an arroyo badly floods. Which, actually, is pretty cool too.

posted by kmellis 29 July | 22:43

I love that sharp clean metallic gonna snow smell.

posted by puddinghead 29 July | 23:23

I love that sharp clean metallic gonna snow smell.

Yup--it's like a tang. (and not at all like ozone in the summer.)

posted by amberglow 29 July | 23:29

Yup, you're right, amberglow. I thought "smells like snow" was a Pennsylvania thing.

posted by puddinghead 30 July | 00:08

Crash, I would kill you and eat your heart right now if I thought it would bring an incoming rainstorm.

That is all.

posted by taz 30 July | 08:20

I'm famous in my family for smelling snow. Considering we don't get much here in Fayettenam, that's saying something.

posted by bunnyfire 30 July | 21:50

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