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Which gets you wetter?
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do you like Pina colodas?Neither turns me on.Which gets you wetter?
They did, but their methodology was flawed. This isn't about mythbusters though. Office is horribly divided over this right now.Mythbusters did this. Pretty sure they concluded that running the rain actually gets you wetter.
It makes sense that you would be getting more water on you by running into it rather than letting it fall on your just head and shoulders (assuming no wind and the rain is coming straight down).Mythbusters did this. Pretty sure they concluded that running the rain actually gets you wetter.
My wife and I had this same debate. I made a bet with her. I ran to the car, she walked. I drove away before she got to the car. She was much wetter than I was when she finally got home.
You walk into the rain too, though.It makes sense that you would be getting more water on you by running into it rather than letting it fall on your just head and shoulders (assuming no wind and the rain is coming straight down).Mythbusters did this. Pretty sure they concluded that running the rain actually gets you wetter.
However, if it's windy and raining at an angle I think you'd be better off getting out of it as soon as possible.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/running-in-the-rain-minimyth.htmYou walk into the rain too, though.It makes sense that you would be getting more water on you by running into it rather than letting it fall on your just head and shoulders (assuming no wind and the rain is coming straight down).Mythbusters did this. Pretty sure they concluded that running the rain actually gets you wetter.
However, if it's windy and raining at an angle I think you'd be better off getting out of it as soon as possible.
But I swear I've had personal instances where I would run in and someone else would walk in from the rain and the walker is substantially wetter.http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/running-in-the-rain-minimyth.htmYou walk into the rain too, though.It makes sense that you would be getting more water on you by running into it rather than letting it fall on your just head and shoulders (assuming no wind and the rain is coming straight down).Mythbusters did this. Pretty sure they concluded that running the rain actually gets you wetter.
However, if it's windy and raining at an angle I think you'd be better off getting out of it as soon as possible.
running gets you wetter by almost a 2-1 margin
when you run, your body isn't perfectly vertical.
before I click I need to know if kari is the one who gets all wet.http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/running-in-the-rain-minimyth.htmYou walk into the rain too, though.It makes sense that you would be getting more water on you by running into it rather than letting it fall on your just head and shoulders (assuming no wind and the rain is coming straight down).Mythbusters did this. Pretty sure they concluded that running the rain actually gets you wetter.
However, if it's windy and raining at an angle I think you'd be better off getting out of it as soon as possible.
running gets you wetter by almost a 2-1 margin
when you run, your body isn't perfectly vertical.
Let's say there are a 1000 rain drops that will hit you on your head and shoulders if you walk. If you run twice as fast as you walk there will be half as many rain drops that hit your head and shoulders (500) but many more that will hit your body which has a much larger surface area.Let's say there are a thousand rain drops in the air between you and your door, and they're falling at a perfectly steady pace. If you walk straight ahead, you should walk through 1000 drops. But if you run, you should also walk through 1000 drops. No difference.
The difference seems to be how long you are in the rain. If it takes you five seconds to run and ten seconds of you walk, then you should get gone seconds wetter walking.
A: walking through rainPoll: more wet: walking through rain, or running?
precisely the same number should hit your front surface. If you send pac man down the same hallway, it doesn't matter how fast he goes, he still eats the same number of dts.Let's say there are a 1000 rain drops that will hit you on your head and shoulders if you walk. If you run twice as fast as you walk there will be half as many rain drops that hit your head and shoulders (500) but many more that will hit your body which has a much larger surface area.Let's say there are a thousand rain drops in the air between you and your door, and they're falling at a perfectly steady pace. If you walk straight ahead, you should walk through 1000 drops. But if you run, you should also walk through 1000 drops. No difference.
The difference seems to be how long you are in the rain. If it takes you five seconds to run and ten seconds of you walk, then you should get gone seconds wetter walking.
That happy day we'll find each other on that Florida shoreIn either case are we allowed to dodge the raindrops?
If you are running with the wind, it could be less. I think in most every case you will be hit by more raindrops by going slower because the longer exposure time will have a bigger impact than whatever increase you might get by running into some extra drops.Let's say there are a 1000 rain drops that will hit you on your head and shoulders if you walk. If you run twice as fast as you walk there will be half as many rain drops that hit your head and shoulders (500) but many more that will hit your body which has a much larger surface area.Let's say there are a thousand rain drops in the air between you and your door, and they're falling at a perfectly steady pace. If you walk straight ahead, you should walk through 1000 drops. But if you run, you should also walk through 1000 drops. No difference.
The difference seems to be how long you are in the rain. If it takes you five seconds to run and ten seconds of you walk, then you should get gone seconds wetter walking.
Why didn't they measure the head area? I would think most people would care more about their hair getting wet or not.http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/running-in-the-rain-minimyth.htmYou walk into the rain too, though.It makes sense that you would be getting more water on you by running into it rather than letting it fall on your just head and shoulders (assuming no wind and the rain is coming straight down).Mythbusters did this. Pretty sure they concluded that running the rain actually gets you wetter.
However, if it's windy and raining at an angle I think you'd be better off getting out of it as soon as possible.
running gets you wetter by almost a 2-1 margin
when you run, your body isn't perfectly vertical.