The Perseids - meteor trickle?

Question

Is it just the hazy sky where I am (Wisconsin), or is this shower shaping up to be...well, less than a shower? If we were talking weather I don't think I would have needed an umbrella. I was out for about half an hour, 3am to 3:30am Central time, and I don't think I saw ten Perseids. Heck, I think I only saw about 3 Perseids for every random meteor (3 or so of those). I'd heard estimates of 1-2 meteors per minute. Anybody else see a better show than I did?

I am out in the country, so I didn't have much in the way of light pollution to contend with--just a lot of haze, I guess. Thanks for the answers so far!

Answer 1

get away from the city. Light are terrible for the view.

I thought it was hazy here too.

I couldn't see them from the city so I went to the country for 2 hours.

Then I saw about 40 of them. still had horizon light blocking most of my view.

1 really cool one lasted a while and had a broken choppy trail.
(my favs. it was one that skipped on the atmosphere like a flat pebble on a lake)

and still disappointed

Answer 2

I've just returned inside from about an hour out viewing the display here in North Texas --- saw a number of fairly hefty little sparkers -- but not nearly so many to say that it was an "awesome event" -- didn't really expect a major rainstorm of them simply from the fact that I have quite a bit of "ambient light" from the city around me (that, and sky conditions play heavily into the ability to view such things)
Overall, I am happy with the experience --- the main thing for me, being the fact that such occurances are fairly rare for me and any display of "stellar stuff" is always somewhat of a joy --like a "light show from God" !!!

Answer 3

I live in the mountains in Southern California, and I have been outside on and off the last couple of hours. It seems to have picked up, I saw some big ones a few mins ago, but the frequency hasn't been more than 1-2 per min.

Answer 4

not that many in California either I'm sorry to say : (