What smell follows a lightning storm?

Correct answer: Ozone

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Player #6852065
Player #6852065
If lightning strikes too close to me, that odor you smell is not ozone. lol
Myz_Dydee
Myz_Dydee
I Love the smell
myquest
myquest
I've never noticed a smell after lightning. Other than the usual post-rainstorm smells. Maybe this ability is genetic?
Nannad
Nannad
I smell wet earth...
Player Ejag
Player Ejag
When I was a kid in Pittsburgh, PA, we would run to the porch when a thunderstorm was coming so we could smell the ozone! Haven’t smelled it in many years—-
Celadon
Celadon
Player frank h Can you get to a rural area during a storm? Just don't stand under the tallest tree or anywhere you'll be the tallest thing around! 😉
Veritas
Veritas
Player #6852065, bahaha 🤣
Player #85315195
Player #85315195
PerkyLin, I thought that smell was grass.
RABBIT
RABBIT
Nannad, petricor
PerkyLin
PerkyLin
Ozone smell is dezcribed as like chlorine bleach or like an electrical burning type aroma. Other possible aromas associated with storms or rain is called petichor or geosmin, both having to do with changes in the ground or soil as rains falls. Generally as like musky, fresh, earty and pleasant aromas.
Calabtangan'  Boyoyong
Calabtangan' Boyoyong
no idea on the ozone smell, i am an exceptio to those 'almost everybody'
Christine ~ RN
Christine ~ RN
Player Ejag, Greetings to a fellow Pittsburgher!
jjcinla
jjcinla
guys, it smells like a clean laboratory. or like when you have an ionic air purifier. very distinct
Player #44608313
Player #44608313
Player frank h, no frank h, not geraniums,but both do have a throat catching. acidy sort of smell, but not same as each other.
North_Point
North_Point
You can smell ozone when printing with a laser printer...
Paleocli
Paleocli
ozone isn't a smell - it's a molecule.
luvshappilyeverafter
luvshappilyeverafter
I smell worms haha
ManningtonV II
ManningtonV II
Didn’t know it was called ozone? 🤷‍♂️
Soleil10001
Soleil10001
SneakyMole92698., well in a way you are right