rain

flossy · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: rain

this might seem like a daft question but im curious
can anyone tell when its going to rain through smell

this morning i was taking my youngest to school and i said to her "its going to rain" she asked me how i knew and i said i can smell it
she just laughed at me, but sure enough about 5mins later it started to chuck it down
i told my mum yday the same thing, she laughed at me too Confused

ive always been able to smell it and i thought everyone else could too Laughing

its not just me is it Confused

D B Sweeney · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:23 am Post subject:

I think it's down to the ability of some individuals to be more sensitive to negative ions in the air.

http://www.health-benefit-of-water.com/negative-ions.html

DB

flossy · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:30 am Post subject:

thanks DB

least i know im not looseing the plot now Laughing

thecactus · Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland

No I can't flossy - at least you'll always know when to bring the umbrella Wink

flossy · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:29 am Post subject:

yeah thats true lol
only i dont like brollys, i like walking in the rain Wink

Rose92 · Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Posts: 49

Yeah, I always no if its going to rain or thunder because I can smell it in the air. And if the cows are sat down in the field then you know its definately going to rain Wink

flossy · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:11 am Post subject:

i dont know about the cows, but i can deff smell it Wink

im pleased im not the only one Smile

Rose92 · Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Posts: 49

Near where I live the cows always sit down just before its about to rain. me too Smile

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:30 pm Post subject:

Yep, I too can smell the rain.
Allot of people I know can, I thought everyone could smell
the rain. Confused

Guess since we live out here in the desert the smell of rain
is an easy thing to do. Wink

flossy · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject:

i thought everyone could smell it aswell, but everyone ive mentioned it too thinks im crazy Laughing

im gonna thow them this thread just prove im not the only one lol

Katina · Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 25 Location: Nottingham

Yes i can smell the rain before it comes, its thundering here at the moment and i have had a headache all day but i guess thats down to the pressure in the air

carlos2010 · Joined: 23 Oct 2010 Posts: 288

thecactus · Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland

Katina, yeah that does happen to me - I sometimes get a sore head when there is thunder.

Rose92 · Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Posts: 49

Aileen Flannigan · Joined: 15 Aug 2011 Posts: 8

For me, I think there are some who are extra sensitive especially in their olfactory nerve and they can predict something out of it but is it always accurate? Like in 20 predictions that you says it will rain, how many did you got? Because nowadays, you can predict just buy looking at the sky, for example, it at night, when you see no stars, then one can hypothesize that it will gonna rain, right?