(meteorobs) Fwd: Leonids Storm late 1940s

[Lewis J. Gramer]

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-----Original Message-----
From: THOMAS HILL [mailto:montefina at msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:30 PM
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Subject: Leonids Storm late 1940s


I was wondering if anyone knows of a Leonid storm during the summer of around 1947-1949.  I was a child in California and saw a sky
full of moving stars which lasted at least an hour.  After awhile, my family went inside, but when I checked about an hour later,
there were still about 10-15 stars a second moving.  I have seen the woodcut of the 1833 meteor storm, and cannot say that my
experience was that all the stars were coming down toward the earth as the woodcut shows.  It seems that the stars were crossing the
sky and going in all directions.  I have not read any account of this event, and was wondering if it had been recorded anywhere.

J. Hill
montefina at msn.com