Well, even from my light-polluted site between Washington and Baltimore, I managed to see over a hundred. This was between about 4:30 and 6.10 am EST. I took several breaks in order to thaw out or to roust my wife, so it was well over one per minute.

I had a good omen right at the outside: even as I was leaving my house and still on the porch, I saw one right where I was looking!

As others said, there were definitely bursts. The peak for me seemed to be around 5:10 am, when I saw 15-20 in what I think was less than ten minutes, including two at the same time.

By the time my wife came out, of course, it had died back.

The most impressive single meteor for me was one that formed a short trail almost directly overhead. The trail clearly had a greenish tinge, and where the meteor vanished there was a definite smoke cloud that lasted for another 15-20 seconds afterwards.

Many of the meteors left ionization trails that remained visible for several seconds afterwards.

I'm glad I got up so early, though I'm not going to be good for much today! [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]