"Jim," wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
that a rain drop, sans wind, only falls at 22 fps?

I didn't know that.

Cool.

Why is a drop of water exempt from the laws of gravity?

32 feet per second per second acceleration in a vacuum; most rain drops
don't fall in a vacuum. And yes, a pound of lead will hit the ground faster
than a pound of Styrofoam here in the real world.


http://electron9.phys.utk.edu/phys13...2/Freefall.htm