From: Victor R. Ruiz, Canary Islands 
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:10:17 +0000


 In Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) we had clear skies, but the moon
 heavily interfered.

   A non-scientific report (this year I didn't prepare the tools to do
 an standard count, so this is subjective report): The activity was
 somewhat low until 03:30-03:45 UT... But the activity rised. The
 peak, around 04:00 UT, was fantastic... I can't give an exact count,
 but more than 20 meteor per minute for sure. The meteors appeared
 consecutively: one, another, and another, and another, a twin... The
 meteors were relatively dim compared to the 1998 peak, but that could
 be the moon interference. Unluckily, around 4:30-45 UT the high
 clouds -cirrus- entirely covered the sky. Before that, they firstly
 covered the moon and the Leo-Orion sky darkened... instantly, the
 meteor trails became very apparent and the meteors seemed a lot
 brighter. I could see few very bright fireballs, with bright trails
 and final explosion.