Is there a smell in the air in Savannah? (Gainesville: military, county)

[Padgett2]

Originally Posted by Savannahlime

If its from downtown it's horse pee!

Oh, Yeah! I had forgotten about THAT. Thanks for the tourists that think it's quaint, the horses do create a real problem. There was an effort to have them banned from the downtown area once, (the horses, not the tourist) but, for some reason, the tourist that liked to ride, had more say-so than the tourist that liked to breathe.

[Just Plain Al]

If it's tourist season...
Why can't we shoot them?

[Neophyte282]

Coming from an urban city, visited the coast of maine a lot, Savannah sometimes smells like that stinky beach you get when there are too many rocks, birds and dead fish around. So yeah, I think it's just an ocean smell from the brackish water.

[Just Plain Al]

Originally Posted by Neophyte282

Coming from an urban city, visited the coast of maine a lot, Savannah sometimes smells like that stinky beach you get when there are too many rocks, birds and dead fish around. So yeah, I think it's just an ocean smell from the brackish water.

Ya think?

[Neophyte282]

Yup, I do think.

[Pyroknoppix]

Originally Posted by TootsieWootsie

A friend of mine swears Savannah has an odor in the air. I can only assume it's fishy as Savannah is a port city, but is it true? Is there a smell in the air in Savannah?
(Savannah photos show an absolutely gorgeous city, however, smell or no smell.)

Smells like hot dog water in the mornings, the rest of the day just smells like pollution and poor air quality.

[Joker123]

From the moment you enter the state of GA on I-95 there is an odor in the air that only stops when you exit GA. We have noted this since we started driving down south to GA -maybe 30 years. When my kids were young, they always knew we were in Georgia - they called it the stinky state. What is that odor?

[Savannah2009]

Originally Posted by Savannahlime

If its from downtown it's horse pee!

I'd agree, the horses in the summer can be pretty pungent. Savannah does have a unique smell, I agree, though I don't think it is unpleasant. It's not a "New Orleans Bourbon St smell". I always tell visitors it's the aroma of history :-) Horses, older sewers, the salt marshes - it's just Savannah.

[nightflight]

The paper mill is the cause of the smell of which you speak. I used to be a delivery driver for an industrial supplier 20 years ago, and I would visit all the plants along the river. Each one had its own unique smell. Union Camp, Stone Container, Kemira, Katalystics, the (former) Savannah Sugar; I could tell where I was even with my eyes closed.

[durhamsden]

Coastal Georgia smells like a swamp because for the most part it is a swamp. Take a drive anywhere and see if you don't cross water. Most of the smells I've encountered are at low tide on humid days.

However traveling south on I-95 before you get to Brunswick sometimes you can smell the Jesup mill from accross the water and it will make your eyes water.