h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Meteor storms! You wait 33 years for one to come along and then when it does you're living thro' a British November when the clouds never clear and you see Nothing. Well, nothing except a uniform orange grey sky leaving imagination to fill in the gaps with the streaks of light you know are streaming across the heavens at that very instant. Roll on 2032. Yes, I know the annual Leonid and Perseid showers will still be there and I'll be enjoying the shows when the weather permits but this year was special and I feel vaguely cheated to have missed out.