Leonid's Shower

Don D · November 2002

O.K. I'll be the first to step up and admit it. At 3:40 this morning I was standing in the middle of a large back yard, slam up against my bottle tree (just in case spaceships were filming). I heard the newscast last night chirping that not for another 100 years would we have a meteor shower like this one. Me, I'm not waiting another 100 years for something I can have now! It was a bit overcast, which somewhat diminished the spectacle; but a beautiful full moon and about 4:24 CDT, after all my doubts, they started shootin' across the sky at all angles, maybe separated by 3 or 4 minutes but sometimes in groups of four. What was really amazing was how the 'trail' seemed to just hang there in the sky after the meteor had shot across the darkness. I made some notes so I can compare the shower in 3002 with last nite's. I suppose the rest of you were doing other things.......like sleeping. xclap On life's 'importance continuum' I wonder how the meteor shower compares to living in a little box a million miles below it?

ritaanz · November 2002

If the good Lord wanted me to see the meteor shower, he would have held it on a weekend or given me the day off. But as I drove to work this morning I did see the full moon. Does that count for anything? x;-)

Gillian · November 2002

I didn't hear anything about this - maybe they weren't visible on the west coast. If you live to compare the 3002 show with the 2002 event, you will see 10 of them. At that point someone will have to strap you to the bottle tree else you will fall over.

NaeNae55 · November 2002

Hey Don!

My honey and I bundled up in a sleeping bag and watched the show so you were not alone. It was fun and romantic. Of course, now I have a crick in my neck, but it was well worth it. I understand there will be a partial moon eclipse tonight about 7:30 (Kansas time). Will you watch it too?

Don D · November 2002

I will now that you told me about it. Confuscious said something about sleeping bags getting people in trouble, but I forgot what it was. Maybe it was neck cricks. I'm taking liberties here, knowing Jocelyn may admonish me for making wise cracks.

Paul in Cannon Beach · November 2002

We had a shower here too. But I live in Oregon so it was a different kind of shower. We get them all the time. Ive never felt compelled to stand outside and watch it.

I do have fond memories of watching a beautiful meteor shower snuggled in bed with my wife and daughter. I was struck by the quietness of the meteor shower.

Paul

HRGirl · November 2002

I'm with Ritaanz...At least the good lord could have had it at a more reasonable hour!! I watched a full length movie shown on the insides of my own eyelids!! In color too!

franfields · November 2002

I was with you, Don. I walk my two Bouviers early in the morning and got to see the light show while they ... x:-8 well, you get the point.

Don D · November 2002

I looked at your profile and can absolutely believe exactly what you say!

JAM · November 2002

I got up, dragged myself out of bed, only to discover that it was too overcast in Houston to see anything. I did get to see part of it that evening on the news...looked spectacular!

Human Resources Manager · November 2002

I, too, dragged my carcass out of bed at 4 something AM only to find a combination of clouds and bright light (provided by the full moon, and the large street light directly in front of my house) made it all but impossible to see the show. I went back to bed.

System · November 2002

I didn't see the Leonids this year, but they were spectacular last year. I took my daughter to a park where a hundred people were already there at 3 a.m. We saw about 150 meteors, including one that was so low that we heard a loud pppssssssst sound as it burned up.

By popular demand, the Employers Forum will create a meteor shower that's conveniently held on a weekend. :~~ (Yes, Christy can do ANYTHING!) We'll call it the Geminid meteor shower, and Christy will cause peak activity at 4 a.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 14. You can read about it at Space.com:
[url]http://www.space.com/spacewatch/geminid_preview_021007.html[/url]

James Sokolowski
Senior Editor
M. Lee Smith Publishers

HS · November 2002

Wow...Christy controlling the heavens...Kudos!

xclap

Yeah Christy! Will we get to see this on the east coast too?

Hunter1 · November 2002

Have to chime in on this topic.
I get up every morning at 5:00 to go for my walk to get my heart started, so got to observe the 'shower' from WI. We had clear skies and it was quite remarkable, including the trails of 'sparkles' left by some of them. I seriously doubt I'll make the next one, so had to enjoy this! I don't have a bottle tree, only an English Springer named Hunter to enjoy it with, and I don't think he likes sleeping bags.

Leonid's Shower

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