Reply #11: SPRINKLERS???? [View All]

unless the sprinklers were mounted overhead, so that the rain comes straight down like real rain, the experiment is bogus.

if the sprinklers were on the ground and shot water up and it comes down at an angle, then this misses the entire point of the difference between walking and running. with overhead rain (straight down), running presents your front to rain, whereas walking doesn't (or does so to a much lesser extent). if the rain is coming at you at an angle, then your front (or side or back) is already presented to the rain, and running may present more or less body surface to the rain, depending on the angles and the timing.

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