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When we see kids wrangling with things they hold, let us not go ballistic and scold them thinking that they are out to break whatever it is they have. Let us remember that they just want to use it and cannot figure out who to start using it.
Let us teach them rather than reprimand them. They are young and they need to learn. They need our guidance.
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Chain of ideas - when it rains, it pours
Why heavy rain causes heavy traffic?
1. People tend to use their private vehicles to avoid getting wet.
2. Heavy rains lessen visibility so vehicles move slower as the drivers become more cautious.
3. There is roadwork up ahead and it does not matter if it rains or not, traffic will remain heavy.
4. An accident has occurred because the driver was too shy to use #2 as an excuse.
5. Rain flood covers the pot holes so drivers move slower to lessen the damage it may cause on the vehicle.
6. Rain floods the streets slowing down traffic.
7. People do not have money for a full car wash so they bring their vehicles our to get "washed" by the rain.
1. People tend to use their private vehicles to avoid getting wet.
2. Heavy rains lessen visibility so vehicles move slower as the drivers become more cautious.
3. There is roadwork up ahead and it does not matter if it rains or not, traffic will remain heavy.
4. An accident has occurred because the driver was too shy to use #2 as an excuse.
5. Rain flood covers the pot holes so drivers move slower to lessen the damage it may cause on the vehicle.
6. Rain floods the streets slowing down traffic.
7. People do not have money for a full car wash so they bring their vehicles our to get "washed" by the rain.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Great outdoors - walking in the rain
Right now, the Philippines is experiencing rains... It is rainy season with moments of summer...
During college, a friend and I were contemplating on how we could cross from one building to next to attend our classes. He was deep in thought while I was busy observing the quality of female students when he said, "It will be much better for us to walk through the drizzle than run as fast as we can to the next building."
An then he continued on to explain that walking through the drizzle or even light rain means that our bodies will get in contact with fewer droplets than when we run.
Here is the "scientific" explanation to his concept:
You have 10 droplets lined up level with one another 1 foot apart in a straight line moving downward at the same speed. When you walk through them as they drop, you will only get hit by one or two of them. But if you run through them, you will hit about half of them before they hit the ground.
Similarly, you hit a few droplets walking through a rain than running across it.
In a heavy downpour, however, the volume of droplets is so large that running will be the most prudent course of action.
I therefore conclude that the speed at which a person should traverse an open are during the rain is directly proportional to the amount of downpour. As such, light rain will required slow speed and heavy rain requires racing speed.
:)
During college, a friend and I were contemplating on how we could cross from one building to next to attend our classes. He was deep in thought while I was busy observing the quality of female students when he said, "It will be much better for us to walk through the drizzle than run as fast as we can to the next building."
An then he continued on to explain that walking through the drizzle or even light rain means that our bodies will get in contact with fewer droplets than when we run.
Here is the "scientific" explanation to his concept:
You have 10 droplets lined up level with one another 1 foot apart in a straight line moving downward at the same speed. When you walk through them as they drop, you will only get hit by one or two of them. But if you run through them, you will hit about half of them before they hit the ground.
Similarly, you hit a few droplets walking through a rain than running across it.
In a heavy downpour, however, the volume of droplets is so large that running will be the most prudent course of action.
I therefore conclude that the speed at which a person should traverse an open are during the rain is directly proportional to the amount of downpour. As such, light rain will required slow speed and heavy rain requires racing speed.
:)
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