From: Asaf Shtull-Trauring, Israel 
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:26:23 -0800 (PST)

For certain reasons (school), I wasn't able to observe
both nights of the expected peaks (16/17 and 17/18) so
I decided I will wake up at 2:30 AM Israel-time (00:30
UT) on morning of the 17th, and that on the night of
the 17/18 I will have a whole night of observations.

Well, I set my alarm clock to 2:30 AM. I remember
waking up by the alarm, shutting the alarm clock off,
and then I woke up at 5:00 AM relizing I fell back to
sleep.
It was still barely dark outside so I observed for an
hour the dawn skies- observing no meteors, and I left
to school with the hope og observing the next night.

Well, the night of the 17/18 came. I invited a friend,
prepared the tape recorder and clothes and everything.
The skies were clear at 8:00 PM and started getting
cloudy more and more. By 12:00 the skies were full of
skies, but we decided to stay out and check, with hope
that the clouds will clear off. after and hour of
staring at the sky- I saw one single star.

whoever remembers my adventure of last years leonids,
might say that kast year compensated for this one.
Well, I'm still dissappointed and I hope I can give
you from some other Israeli what was the situation of
the Leonids in Israel