We left MA to retire back on "the old Home Place: shortly after 9/11/01 -- and at that time, the skies out here in the Piney Woods were so dark and clear that the Milky Way was not only visible, but dazzling!
So, one of my first acts was to call the electric co-op and have them install a cut-off switch on the mercury-vapor security light on the pole in the front yard. I enjoyed many, many meteor showers on a lounge out in the yard, or, about a half-mile "down back" in the big clearing for the firing range.
BUT -- for the last 3 or 4 years, I've not seen a single meteor shower -- any time of year -- that wasn't mostly obscured by clouds! :-(
Just went out to set up the lounge & sleeping bag -- but there's a high overcast that will probably mask all but the brightest Leonids. Add in the moon -- snd -- washout!
Something definitely has changed in Northeastern Texas!
TXnMA :-{
