Woodbridge, CT:  4:45 AM, 30 degrees, boys, Mom, ski masks, slippers and hot
cocoa.....  about the same count as Christopher.....  Owls hooting at
5:30... Sunrise over west rock ridge at 7:00...  last 1/2 hour of The Right
Stuff....  breakfast and the Times....  Whose on First?
Best,
Leland

PS  Christopher, are you going to cover the moving of Yale's old boat house
by barge.  You could hit the Hole in The Wall gang's brownstone church at
the same time.

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From: "Met History" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: 4:30 Am...and then 5:30 AM...


> From a penthouse at 96th and Fifth, counts of 0-10 per minute, with
frequent
> smoke trails, some wide, and occasional green bursts.  Good edge-to-edge
> viewing - the belt and the sword of Orion were visible.
>
> Ralph, the trick to not being disappointed is to observe regularly for 35
> years. Then you are used to seeing nothing at all, to rain, to sleet.
Then,
> when you do actually see something, even something sort of modest, it's
> really great.
>
> Sign me,  Founder, St. Paul's School Astronomy Club
>