(meteorobs) Leonids Storm late 1940s

[THOMAS HILL]

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<mailto:montefina at msn.com>
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