(meteorobs) Missed Opportunity

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Thu Oct 23 16:04:35 EDT 2008


Like you, I also use my cell phone alarm to wake up for meteors. Strangely, I've never slept through that one, but have slept through my "work" alarm which is quite a bit louder. 

-Mark

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Bill Godley <wwgj180 at yahoo.com>
> My routine is to sleep in the guest bedroom lest I disturb anybody and use my 
> cell phone alarm to alert me "time to hunt meteors".  On this particular night 
> (being last night), our 2-yr old awoke at 12:30 and needed to be settled back to 
> sleep.  No problem - she was back asleep in 10 minutes.  I then thought "why not 
> just go out now?"  Another part of my brain complained "the radiant is too low 
> right now and besides, you need sleep."
>  
> Good sense did not prevail.
>  
> Instead of getting up, I drifted back to sleep, knowing that at 2:15 am I would 
> be awakened by my trusty phone, refreshed and ready to go.  Unfortunately, the 
> phone hadn't bought-into my plan.  When I actually woke up, it was not to a cell 
> phone alarm but to my daughter wanting to watch "The Wiggles" at 6:30.  I had 
> slept through the phone alarm (or it never went off - still investigating) and 
> missed a post cold-front, crisp, clear night of Orionid watching.  Dagnabit!  I 
> am sure that I missed an unforseen, post-peak ORI outburst that included several 
> color fireballs and half-minute trains.
>  
> Anybody else miss a good observing opportunity (past or present) for no good 
> reason?  Misery loves company.
>  
> Bill :(
> NE Oklahoma
> 
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