Apparently the rate was about 5 - 10 per hour. I got up at 2:30am half looped still and lasted about 10 minutes. Didn't see a damn thing and went back to bed.
Stayed up to see it, knowing it might be a dud. But lots of celestial events turn out to be duds. Meh. What I counted was nothing more than a normal night's observing. Meteor showers sound exciting so people naturally want to see something spectacular. But I haven't seen any astronomer interviewed that didn't use very cautionary statements. The best meteor shower I ever saw was one year's Leonids. There were some hundred or so per hour, pretty active.
I added a little sarcasm but I knew it was a hit or miss considering estimates were pretty much a guessing game. I even had the weather on my side. It was cloudy and raining in the evening but cleared up to perfect viewing skies by the time I got up. I haven't seen a good meteor shower for at least 15-20 years but I remember setting up some blankets behind my high school years ago and watching a stream of meteors all night. At that time I had no clue what shower it was. I just saw a news clip and went out.
