Here's the latest from Perth Australia:
I saw a meteor this morning!!!!! An absolute ripper and my very first for myself!!
It came across the sky at 7.10am this morning just as the sun was peeking above the hills to the east so the sky was that slight purple-y blue in the morning.
It was bright white-hot at the head with a beautiful azure-aquamarine flame tapering to a hint of fire-orange at the back - all up about an inch and half long from my POV.
It travelled east to west across the sky for about 5 secs (enough time for me to shout look at that! 3 or 4 times at any rate) before splitting into two just below the 3/4 moon that we have in the sky at present and disappearing.
absolutely gorgeous!
Since it turns out that 3/4 of the earth's surface is ocean (and therefore sparsely populated) a better estimate might be to take the number of meteor sightings and multiply them by 4. Sure there are ships at sea and planes over oceans, but how much do people pay attention when two hours out over the ocean and all there is to see is blue? Better close the shade and watch the movie or read a book.