From: Nancy Parker, Evergreen, Colorado
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:05:43 -0700

I was a physics/math major and sometime astronomy lab assistant at
Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas and my physics/astronomy professor,
Manly Huber, was preparing his classes for a "huge Leonid meteor shower".
In my 21 year old wisdom, I wasn't too impressed..I had seen meteor showers
before.  I dutifully helped with the star gazing party and went back to my
room really tired about 1 a.m.  About 4:30 a.m., Mr. Huber called me and
told me to hurry back to campus.  It was like a 4th of July fireworks and
Starwars hyperspace experience!  We alerted every student and neighbor we
could.  The sheer number of meteors and fireballs so overwhelmed me that I
sat down that morning and wrote all about it to my Dad, who was in a
hospital in Oklahoma.  That day I was called to come to the hospital told he
was dying.  I told him all about the great shower.  He died on November
20th.