When it rains everyone runs to get out of it, do we get wetter walking or running, or is it the same?

Answer 1

it's all the same.walking,running. you still get WET.

Answer 2

Well it's a shock reaction to run, but it would depend on the speed of the rain and the direction that the wind is blowing. I would say that on average you would get wetter when you walk, for the simple reason that if you walk and everyone else runs there will be no room left under the shelter by the time you get there. Either that or you'll be right at the front, the human sheld that keeps everyone else dry!

Answer 3

You actually get wetter walking in the rain. The mythbusters proved that walking actually gets you more wet by weighing the same person wearing the same clothing before and after running and walking in the rain.

Answer 4

Running, although it does expose you to more volume of raindrops, only hits one side of your body due to an increase in velocity. I'd say it all evens out. However, a duration difference to get to the same covering would probably make the person who is walking wetter, since he or she has more time in the rain zone.

In Seattle, it doesn't matter if you run or walk, the size of the drops will soak you in seconds.

Answer 5

I think you get wetter running, but at least you are getting out of the rain and somewhere where you can get dry.

Answer 6

The TV show "Mythbusters" ran a series of tests to find this out. They concluded that you do get quite alot wetter if you run, partly by catching more raindrops on your front and partly through the extra splash that you make in any puddles by running into them.

Answer 7

Running will get you wetter. Strange how we want to stay dry. As soon as the summer comes we can't wait to go and get wet!

Answer 8

We get wetter by running. This was demonstrated on a recent BBC science programme where they set out to answer such questions.

Answer 9

They did test this theory on Mythbusters, they had two people dressed in white coverals and had an "alley" of pipes to generate the "rain" they then walked through it (with a set flow of water) and removed the coverals, weighed them and then tried it while running through the same alley. They found no appreciable difference.

Answer 10

When raining, walking (say very small speed) makes one expose the minimum cross-sectional area to falling drops (take falling vertically). That is least of exposure.

When running (speed significant), one makes the relative velocity of falling rains getting inclined or oblique (both magnitube + direction) to the cros-sectional area of person (which is always more than the earlier case)

Answer 11

You've gotta run out of the rain. I think it's imprinted on our genes or something. But, if you think about it, running gets you under cover quicker, so I think there might be some thought behind the stampede of fools hoofing it across the parking lots the second they feel a drop.