Leonid meteor shower tonight

[3rdbase]

Are you guys aware of this Leonid meteor shower tonight? Supposed to be one of the most fantastic this century. I read 1000-2000 meteors, shooting stars an hour between 4am and 6am tomorrow (Sunday) morning EST. We have a perfectly clear sky in VA tonight, so should be perfect. I looked at the east radar loop and BUF seems to right on the edge of some cover. Hope its clear for those interested.

[Blue_Bandana]

I set my clock to get up and watch them but I was too tired. I have been watching the Perseid meteorite shower (in August) for the last 20 years, but at that time of year you can stay outside all night without freezing.

[3rdbase]

It was awesome, I heard. I got up at 3:30 but we had low stratus come in-first clouds in 4 days. Burned off by 9, but too late. Talked to a friend in CA who said it was great.

I was up at dawn that morning, so I decided to take a gander out the window to see what's what.

Well, I saw a couple shooting stars, but they were so brief it was rather anticlimactic. Living in the city probably stunted the experience for me.

Anyway, I got bored, so I decided to try and improve the whole experience for my knucklehead neighbors that live beneath me who were also staring out their window.

I had a wee bit O’beer last night and also had some chicken wings, so naturally I had some gas. Inspiration struck. I grabbed a lighter, went to the window, pulled down my Flintstones jammies and stuck my ass as far out the window as it would accommodate. Then, every time I felt the twinge of an eruption beginning to take place, I’d fire up the lighter and put it to my puckered sphincter. Well words can barely capture the breathtaking beauty of nature at that point. Talk about your "Aurora Borealis", flames were shooting out my ass while dingleberries were sent flying into the cold night air twinkling like shooting stars until they burned themselves out several hundred feet later.

My neighbors were elated with glee to witness what the thought was simply Mother Nature doing her thing. I heard shouts of, “Oh my God, oh my God, it’s absolutely beautiful” and “hurry honey, get your camera!”

I didn’t have the heart to explain the reality of what happened to them that morning, it’ll be our little secret. ;)

[Blue_Bandana]

Yours was more of the hemoriod shower.

Speaking of the Aurora Borealis, a couple of weeks back on a Tuesday night the Aurora Borealis were so bright that they filled half of the night sky and were blood red for a while. I was watching the news the next day and they said that they could be seen as far a the southern states.