What does the air smell like after a bomb goes off?

Rubycon

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On CNN they're showing these pix of Hezbollah with the ominous clouds from multiple explosions. I know what pyrodex propellant smells like. What does it generally smell like when an area is bombed like that?
 

DainBramaged

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Burnt Plasticky, with overtones of Sweet Gunpowdery, Charring Fleshery, and Concrete Dustery.
 

MichaelD

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Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Burnt Plasticky, with overtones of Sweet Gunpowdery, Charring Fleshery, and Concrete Dustery.

Hot damn; poetic imagery FTW. :beer:
 

Tylanner

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denatured cement, general dustiness

I'd imagine it as an intense Home Depot smell along with various smells from the local hazardous chemical dump.
 

UpGrD

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Depends on the bomb. Probibly cordite (spelling ??) smells like amonia to me.
 

b0mbrman

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Originally posted by: MS Dawn
On CNN they're showing these pix of Hezbollah with the ominous clouds from multiple explosions. I know what pyrodex propellant smells like. What does it generally smell like when an area is bombed like that?

Depends on the type, of course.

The couple I've "found the hard way" just smelled like gunpowder and dirt
 

Ramma2

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I don't know what it is, but I sure love the smell of it in the morning.