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Re: (meteorobs) Lyrid Blundering/Bursts

Mark,
   Nothing I saw this morning would make me think this year was an abnormal 
year for the Lyrids.  However, in 1982 most of the outburst I saw was over 
in less then one hour from the time it started! Just after midnight that 
morning, (21/22 April' 1982)the sky suddenly began to fill with Lyrids!  
There was no warning, almost no build-up, and then it was virtually over as 
quickly as it started. If I had started my watch that year two hours later 
then I did, I would have missed almost the whole thing!  It is for that 
reason I ALWAYS try to get at least a bit of a look at them each year just 
to see what this stream might do!  If all Lyrid outbursts have been as 
short-lived as the one in 1982, it is quite posssible some have slipped by 
completely unobserved.

Paul


>From: Mark Fox <unclefireballmtf@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>Subject: (meteorobs) Lyrid Blundering/Bursts
>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 11:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
>
>April 22, 2002
>
>Greetings Meteor Enthusiasts!
>
>I forgot the Lyrid peak was Monday morning (April
>21/22, 2002)!  Good grief!  Another meteor shower
>missed!  Nevertheless, it was cloudy right before I
>went to bed last night (~9:55 P.M. EDT) and was
>lightly sleeting or hailing.  There was even a bit of
>thunder last evening during some of the sleet and/or
>hail.  I probably can safely say that it was cloudy
>all night.  What crazy weather!
>
>Oh well, I may still give it a try tonight.   I was
>going to boost the enthusiasm of the list for this
>shower (I know, too late) by informing them of the
>great bursts of 1803, 1922, 1945, and 1982.  From the
>positive reports I have already read, does anyone
>think that this year's rates were at all above normal?
>
>
>Long, bright, and dazzling trains!
>
>Mark Fox
>Newaygo, MI USA
>
>
>
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