(meteorobs) a couple of quick questions

[Arlene Carol]

i'm apologizing again to the group...i still am not any better at this 
meteor watching business.
unless someone comes here and teaches me some things i need to learn, i'm 
not going
to be able to sound anything like you all do. (you all impress and 
intimidate me but i still
need to report what i saw and ask questions).
 for the first time in ages, i went outside to check out the skies last 
night. it's been hot
during the day and i've had to run around at lower elevations which hasn't 
been fun..anyway...
 went out at 11pm last night. within the first 10 minutes, i saw what i 
think was a Perseid...
a nice long, relatively bright meteor...but...i'm still wondering if what i 
saw was 'for real'
or was it a trick my eyes played on me...
 it looked to be a 'parallel' streak...two meteors moving right next to each 
other...the more
i thought about it, the more i said 'why not?'... but i'm asking you if 
you've ever seen
this yourselves? (it was traveling from east/northeast to 
west/southwest...possible Perseid?)
 that was the only 'substantial' meteor i saw ... in just that short period 
of time, there were
4 other sporadics but much 'shorter' in length than that 'double' meteor i 
saw.
 i'll try again all the coming nights till past the peak...we've had some 
strange weather this
year...our normally crystalline skies are slightly hazy...and the temps are 
NOT what we're
used to here...it seems that our weather is changing...and i think we aren't 
alone in that
observation...what are we doing to the planet?
 okay...good observing, clear skies and cool nights.
 arlene
south of troy, along the northern aegean