pretty interesting article ocram. there was this researcher in india (can't remember his name off the top of my head right now) who did an interesting research on rain. he has a paper on it. this swimming research seems to be somewhat along the same line. that indian researcher found an equation of a contour (path) along which if a person travels in the rain (assuming the rain has a constant flow volume at a particular area) can come out of it without getting wet !

talking about swimming, damn this guy michael phelps is invincible. everytime he goes into water, he comes out of it first. 5 golds already in this olympic and all at world record speeds..is he a  human or a monster in human form? hahaha. he's gonna easily make it 7 ...i am not too sure about the 8th  (medley relay) though.