"If you are caught without an umbrella when it starts to rain, will you stay drier by running to shelter instead of walking?

Thomas Peterson and Trevor Wallis, of Asheville, N.C., both climatologists, calculated that running made one 44% drier over 100 meters (about 328 feet).

To test their findings, they measured off a 100-meter course and waited for it to rain. They wore identical dry clothing that had been weighed before the test (they wear the same size) and wore plastic bags under their clothes to trap any water that might seep through. Peterson walked the course, while Wallis ran. Afterward, they weighed the clothes again. The result: Wallis' clothes were 40% drier.

And now you know.....

 

Well now the govt will want to make a grant in the sum of 15 million to study if these facts are indeed true and determine if we should all wear plastic bags under our clothing

 

The tragedy Lary is that after the committee hearings you are probably right.Some politically connected @#$%$$#@&^ will finagle a study "for the children" to see if there is an impact on "climate change" in relation to non-native tongued not yet legal gang-bangers and their ability to influence the congress critters for more money because of ,well you know.

 

Mythbusters tested this one. They set up a sprinkler system where they could measure and control how hard it "rained". They were dryer walking. When they ran they had more water hit the front of their clothing. I don't think they tested it in a deluge, though.