Handbasket wrote:
Obviously, someone forgot to pay the meteor bill this month.
So THAT'S the reason!!!!!!
I set my alarm for 2am, and sat outside for an hour; saw 6 "average" meteors and a handful of very faint ones. Wasn't worth losing the prime-time sleep, IMO - but you never know. The way my luck runs, had I slept through it, it would have been EPIC meteor storm...LOL!
But while I was gazing at the beautiful stars and pondering things - it made me realize that perhaps, a few good scientists made an educated guess, the media got hold of it and ran with the news of the amazing event-to-come. And there sat thousands (millions?) of people, waiting for the show that never happened. Scientists CAN be wrong, after all - and of course the media will always make a mountain out of a molehill. sigh.
