Dear Dad

I wish I had been at home checking my email instead of chasing futile fun...maybe I would've caught a chunk of 6000 year old comet debris...you are the best

"KAPPA CYGNID FIREBALLS - to the north

From Spaceweather:

Earth is passing through an ancient stream of comet debris, and this is producing the annual kappa Cygnid meteor shower

Kappa Cygnid meteoroids are thought to be debris from the breakup of a giant comet some 6000 years ago. Today, all that's left is a broad stream of dust and gravel and a asteroid-like fragment named "2008 ED69." Fortunately, only the dust and gravel intersect the orbit of Earth; 2008 ED69 poses no threat of impact.

The kappa Cygnids peak on August 18th-19th with 3 to 4 meteors per hour. That's not a large number, but kappa Cygnids tend to be fireballs, so even one is enough for a good show"