Get Up On The Roof

Yeah, right. Like the 2008 Perseids, where I loitered on our flat roof, unable to peer through the city lighting and the overcast gloom of the skies. I'm beginning to think you're making them up, Walsy.
 
Space Weather News for Aug. 4, 2009
http://spaceweather.com

POSSIBLE PERSEID METEOR OUTBURST: This year's Perseid meteor shower could be even better than usual. According to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, a filament of comet dust has drifted across Earth's path and when Earth passes through it, sometime between 0800 and 0900 UT (1 - 2 am PDT) on August 12th, the Perseid meteor rate could surge to twice its normal value. Check http://spaceweather.com for details and observing tips.

PERSEIDS ON YOUR iPHONE: Spaceweather.com is pleased to announce a new iPhone/iPod application dedicated to the upcoming Perseid meteor shower. It features a Perseid countdown clock, news alerts, an easy-to-use sky map, and a live gallery of photos from around the world. Sky watchers of all types will find it a valuable companion when the shower peaks later this month.

Learn more: http://spaceweather.com/perseids
 
You know, when this old world starts getting me down and people are just too much for me to face, I generally pop upstairs for a bit.
 
I like the reference to 'sky watchers of all types' - like, even we, de old OAPs, man?

Walsy, I will give this bunch of Perseids one last chance to impress me. If I don't see them having a little outburst up there this year, then they are off the Christmas card list, once and for all.
 
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