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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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The annual Perseid meteor shower is the summer
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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From what I've read it sounds like viewing will be better on the West Coast than the East Coast. If I wake up in the middle of the night I may step outside and try and look for them.

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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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I've been sleeping like shit lately, tonight may be a good excuse to keep going!!
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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Tonight
Cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Don't think I'll be seeing much
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 05:46 AM
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Looked around midnight and didn't see anything. Ditto for 4:45AM. George, how about you?
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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I saw a few in La Crescenta around 4:30 AM.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:26 AM
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Cloud cover FTMFL...
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