Help??shooting stars??10 of them??

Question

me and my friend were standing outside for like an hour and we have seen like 10 shooting stars! we both really thought that was weird cuz we normally don't see that many around this town in Minnesota. so I was just wondering if this is normal or if its a meteors shower or were crazy or what cuz we have no clue. the internet has been giving us nothing. thanks and God Bless!!!

Answer 1

Well, tons of meteoroitic matter fall on earth each day. You must be lucky to see it all in aone place.

Answer 2

I just saw a really huge one. The Aug, Perseus shower is over, but this might be some left over ones from that.

Answer 3

More come down that you'd think. After Hurricane Ivan temporarily solved the light pollution problem here for one night, I lay there watching the sky for hours on end while talking to friends. I saw probably 7 or 8 that night, many of them would have been too faint to spot with the lights on.

If Gustav knocks out the power for the whole city again, then I'll be doing the same thing again, hopefully I'll see a lot more meteors.