2006-12-11 07:27:33 · 18 answers · asked by John B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Mythbusters proved it was about even
2006-12-11 07:29:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 13⤊ 2⤋
OK......
You can look at this situation from two sides:
1. if you walk => you stay longer but the rain well fall on your head and shoulders only
2> if you run => the rain direction relative to you will be with an angle that you stay less under water but rain falls on all your forward body........
All of that if the rain has a 90 (angle) with the ground
2006-12-11 15:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by JwH 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this sounds logical. :-P
If you can speed up your walking speed twice by running, then you might shorten the time spent under the rain by half. But unfortunately, while you're running, you double your chance being hit by the rain (assuming that the water drops at same speed, and your running speed is double your walking speed). So it just means that running won't reduce or increase your chances of hit by the rain, in other words, you can the same degree of wetness. :-)
2006-12-11 15:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by Rivermoon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 'wetness' is a factor of how long you are in the rain. So if you move through the rain faster, you won't be exposed as long, you won't get as wet.
2006-12-11 15:31:11 · answer #4 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recall reading somewhere that, yes, if they run, they do become wetter. But, it was all linked to the force of the rain. Not sure if that helps. Sorry.
By the way, it is wetter, not 'more wet' as so many people here have written. It is a comparative form.
2006-12-11 15:31:37 · answer #5 · answered by Superdog 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
On mythbusters, they concluded that walking will make you less wet, because you only get wet on your head, assuming the rain falls down at 90 degrees. If you run, not only you get wet from ontop, but in front of you also, but barely.
I don't know and I don't care, you still get wet.
2006-12-11 15:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
"More wet" is an acceptable comparative term and is an alternative to "wetter."
It's about even given you start out with some assumptions about the rain coming straight down and constantly falling at the same acceleration.
2006-12-11 15:37:19 · answer #7 · answered by hawkthree 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on how far. I'd think you'd get more wet if you walked, but then again... you could get equally wet running.
2006-12-11 15:30:15 · answer #8 · answered by jessi.swimchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister and I actually tested this, we ran thru the rain and then walked, you get more wet when you walk. you would think that when you run you would get more raindrops on you, but it does not work that way. When you run you actually miss some of the raindrops.
2006-12-11 15:31:10 · answer #9 · answered by Teri Molina 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
walking
(I am assuming that you're going the same distance running or walking so that you're in the rain for a shorter time running).
2006-12-11 15:29:22 · answer #10 · answered by the Boss 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think it depends which way the wind is blowing the rain. if you are running against the wind, i would assume you would get wetter then just walking towards the wind.
2006-12-11 22:16:25 · answer #11 · answered by pepsi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋