I’ve been up all night and although it was too cloudy too see much, I spent a nice, cold evening huddled up to a cute girl on the grass; good enough.
I didn’t see many, to tell the truth. Saw maybe ten or so really good ones that left a tail, and one absolutly wonderful one where you could actually see the meteorite inside. That was worth the whole thing. Sadly, I got out rather late, and apperently missed much of it. And the clouds were coopertive for once this year…Dang.
It was still fun, though. Didn’t seem to be the best thing in 35 years, but hey, what can you do.
Slept through the peak, but from 3 am to 3:30 PST I saw more meteors than I’ve ever seen in my life, and by far the brightest, too. They were just a few seconds apart, and often the tail of one would still be glowing when the next came along. Now I’m sorry I didn’t set the alarm.
Accursed ambient light!! We did drive to a darker area, but every few minutes, a car or truck would come by. One even stopped to see if we needed help. It was also a bit foggy so the only real viewing was straight up. Oh, my aching neck!
However, what we did get to see was impressive. Probably would have seen more if we’d remembered to set the alarm - the eastern sky was already lightening when we set out.
I live in central Denver, and even here in the inner city it was incredible from 3 to 3:30AM (we finally got kinda chilly and went back to bed.) Quite a show, must have been spectacular for those who are away from city lights.
I believe you’re supposed to lay down to watch them FairyChatMom.
But the same thing happened to me. I went up to the roof of my apartment to watch them and I wasn’t about to lay down on the aggregate rock roof to get the best view.
So, I now have a crimp in my neck and I didn’t see jack!!
This is why I never get too worked up about this stuff. Because whenever I do, this kinda thing happens- I have a stiff neck, I’m tired and will probably be irritable for the rest of the day, and for what? I stayed up to watch a cloudbank roll in and obscure the entire sky.
Typical.
Saw it. Stupid fog.
But I got to see 214 before I got too cold on the cement.
Newspaper lady almost hit me in the head with her flying newspaper of death.
Got to see four here in Auckland, but NZ isn’t one of the best viewing places for the storm.
One was a fireball going right past Orion’s Belt. Gorgeous. Seeing as I expected to see nothing, I’m happy.
I was up at 1030 UTC (4:30 central). About two thirds of the sky was covered with a light haze, prolly limiting magnitude there at around 4 or so. But one third of the sky was clear, and even though conditions were not optimal, I stayed out and saw lots of meteors, lots of short ones(prolly two degrees or so trail) and a fair number of fireballs. Some were so bright I thought someone was taking flash photos a hundred yards away or so. I gave up at five when the clouds moved in and I started to freeze, still it was spectacular, like a lot of people I just wish I could have had some clear skies.
I was looking out of my bedroom window here in upper upper upper Manhattan, between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. and again about an hour later, and I got a nice show. Not tons like some of you luckier folks but quite a few. I think the trail effect may have been obscured here, either by clouds or, more likely, city light. I saw a whole lot of twinkles in a couple patches of the sky, and maybe only a dozen that looked like shooting stars off to the east and west.
Just got an e-mail from my mom-- Dad was responsible for setting the alarm for them, and forgot. And they’re in prime viewing space! I think she may kill him…
It was quite spectacular. My wife and I live waaaaay up in the mountains where the air is very clear. The closest little town is 5 miles away so no light pollution.
I would guess we saw about 20 a minute.
We had a really good showing here (WV). I’m not really big into astrology, but it is neat stuff. Just a few miles from the downtown area, there is a big city park. I was able to get up above the fog cover, coming off the ohio river. With clear skies it was great, plus the thick fog covering the city lights kinda produced a glow from down in the valley.
Luckily, this had nothing to do with astrology, being science and all. Astronomy, on the other hand… 
It was great in Colorado too!
Fenris
I made a mental note to wake up in the middle of the night, so I woke up about 3:30 AM. I stayed up for about 15 minutes and saw quite a few. It was beautiful.
My mother and I drove out to Fair Hill to watch. On the way, we saw college kids with their beers and blankets, cars stopped on the roadside, and when we got to Fair Hill at 4:30 EST, there were close to a hundred other cars already there, with more showing up all the time. We timed the show at various points, and came up with an average of around 11 per minute over the course of an hour and a bit. It had to be more than the indicated 660 meteors in an hour, because at times they were coming down at a rate of several per second over a minutes at a run. Simply amazing. Between the skyglow of Newark and Elkton, we saw less than we might have, but still, the best show I’ve seen in recent memory. Certainly better than any since the '66 Leonids (when I was just a kid).
It’s been a warm November, and we were resonably comfortable, thank the Lord, 'cause I’d have hated to miss this show!
I was awake all night and you want to argue over two little letters :rolleyes:
I got up at 3:45 just to see the show, but the fog was so dense I couldn’t even see any stars. Once in a while there was a little flickering in the southern sky like distant heat lightning, but that was all.
It was great here in Central NY. My friends and I all went up the the field hockey field away from the lights and huddled under two sleeping bags. It was definitely a three dog night. We didn’t bother to count, but there were lots of doubles and triples. We stayed out till dawn watching them- some of the best ones came at 7am. I wish I would have brought my camera but didn’t bother cause I was used to the puny Perseids and thought that it wouldn’t work at all These were as bright as fireworks, which I have successfully photographed before.
We saw about twenty five to thirty in the 45 minutes or so that we were outside. My sister and sister in law said they were humoring me, but when they saw the first one streak across the sky, they shut up, got comfortable and enjoyed the show.
It was a bit overcast, but we had a clear view of Orion’s belt from 3:15 - 4:00 am and while we could see the belt, we could see the storm. At about 4:00, we think Orion took his belt off, since we couldn’t see it anymore, so, we called it a night.
I am so glad we made the trip!