I don't know of many other people that can.
My friend is able too, and we speculating as to why there is an odour. The first assumption is that it is water evaporated from the sea, that retains a slight salty/marine smell, The second [most likely] assumption that we thought of is that since the temperature is cooling the heat dissipated from the Asphalt/Chip-seal roads is given off as an odour.
We are unsure as to why certain people can smell it, (we are both from New Zealand) and how Americans friends think we are odd when we say “Smells like rain”, because they are unable to smell it. We think that it may be because of the different environments, be live in a relatively small town, were our American friends have come from a city, although that doesn’t quite explain as to why some people can smell it, although my friend and I do have Asthma.
2007-12-27
00:33:00
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Rolypoly
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