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From: VERN HUMPHREY 
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 03 14:39:00 +0100
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GP>On (17 Sep 03) VERN HUMPHREY wrote to MILES MAXTED...
GP> VH> Simple vector analysis -- if you run, you increase the horizontal
GP> VH> vector, which results in an overall increase in closing velocity
GP> VH> between
GP> VH> you and the rain drops.  Since you are running THROUGH the rain, the
GP> VH> drops are coming at you faster, even though you are in the rain less
GP> VH> time.

GP>What if you were running at a speed of 10km/hr in the same direction as
GP>a 10km/hr wind was blowing?

There would still be a horizontal component of velocity -- the rain is
drawn to the earth by gravity, not by the wind.