From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie Newsgroups: net.physics Title: Re: strategy in rainstorms - (nf) Article-I.D.: watarts.1646 Posted: Tue Jan 25 11:06:22 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 06:19:01 1983 Reply-To: bernie@watarts (Bernie Roehl) References: pur-phy.646 It seems obvious when you think about it : when you run, you will get hit with some number of raindrops X. Assuming it's a fairly short distance, you will not be thoroughly soaked. if you run more slowly, you'll get wetter. (consider the extreme case of not moving at all; you will be soaked to the skin if you just wait long enough). Therefore it is far better to run through the rain, the faster the better. Unless, of course, you slip and fall into a puddle... (does this qualify as an experimental error?) --Bernie Roehl