From: "leon carpenter" Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 21:03:36 -0500 Subject: I was living in a small town in east texas called tatum in 1966 and i had to get up very early to go to work in longview,tx. As i headed out north on hwy 149 i kept seeing flashes of light and pulled over to the side of the hwy and got out of my car and looked up. I had never seen anything like the sight i was seeing and never will again. There were thousands of shooting stars in every direction that i looked but at the time i had no idea why i was seeing so many of them. I was close to my buddys house and i thought well i aint going to be the only one to see this.so i woke him up and told him: "man u aint never seen nothing like this...". We stood out in his front yard and watched the "show" for so long i was late getting to work:) i watched for the 2000 shower but it wasnt anywhere close to the one in 1966...even today im still facinated by meteor showers. I read later that the meteor count was in the hundreds of thousands per hour and i can believe that........it was truly one of the most beautiful sights i have ever seen. Leon carpenter---------longview,tx