• Make sure you are in the proper location. If you are outside the red area, you are fine:
The higher you are in the hemisphere, the best.
• Grab a large blanket and a bag with wine/beer, some good sandwiches and your lover/best friend. Condoms and/or weed are optional.
• Go out the city and away from any light source. Go into the countryside. Set the blanket, lay down looking up and look up to the skies.
You will be overwhelmed by the amount of shooting stars. Enjoy. [NASA and APOD]
glennc
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 9:11 AMman that red zone is pretty small and i’m still in it
Shane
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 9:12 AMYeah, it’s like a iphone release all over again. Get excited by the prospect, get disappointed by the availability :P
Linda Clark
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 9:59 AMI’m going to be able to see it, I think. I’m in South Eastern Canada..New Brunswick…near the upper part of the map.
Shane
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 9:11 AMOh dear god, I live in the red zone!! The world as we know is at an end, the dead will rise!! Society as we know it is over people!!
Dean
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 9:50 AMWell, if it turns out anything like Day of the Triffids, us red zone dwellers are sweet!
Vanguard
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 1:41 PMDean what part of day of the trifids would be sweet? That would mean no more video games ever!
Chewy Bravo
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 9:11 AMweed is never an option. it is a necessity
Ammusionist
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 12:00 PMHey if you’re in the red zone AND you’ve got weed, you don’t really need the lights to actually BE in the sky do you!
Todd Drexel
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 8:41 PMQuote:
Shane
Yeah, it’s like a iphone release all over again. Get excited by the prospect, get disappointed by the availability :P
I totally have to agree with you there, I’m from South Australia. The edge of the red zone… =[
alan
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 10:25 PMoverwhelmed -no , 12 meteors from 00.15 – 0130 is not in the realms of 45-100 per hour peak (as reported by some websites)?
Of the 12, four were impressive , long bright traverse across a starlit sky in southern England,for those it was worth staying up!