I don't know how many of you will be able to see this spectacular event, but here in the Pacific Northwest of the US this very rare light show is expected to be particularly easy to view.
At about 4:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, the earth will pass through the tail to the comet Kiess -- something that will not happen again in any of our lifetimes.   If the Perseids and Leonids, etc., are meteor "showers," this will be a meteor STORM. That's because it will be

From this site: http://aurigids.seti.org/
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An unusual shower on September 1, 2007
Some time in the 40 years or so around 4 A.D., comet Kiess (C/1911 N1) passed by the Sun, ejecting a cloud of dust particles. The comet returned in 1911, after completing one orbit. The dust particles were pushed by the Sun's light into slightly wider orbits and have been returning ever since, forming a thin ongoing stream of dust that usually passes just outside Earth's orbit. On occasion, the combined gravity of the solar system's planets moves this dust trail into Earth's path. Earth encountered this 2000-year-old dust in 1935, 1986, and 1994, causing a meteor shower known as the Aurigids.
 
This very rare shower will occur again on 1 September 2007. A brief shower of ... meteors will radiate from the constellation of Auriga, many as bright as the brighter stars in the sky. The Earth will be in the thick of it during the one hour centered on 04:33 a.m. PDT. The shower will be visible by the naked eye from locations in the western United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, from Mexico, and from the western provinces of Canada.
 
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Sound like you'll be able to see if from California too.   

Now, to find a spot away from the city lights.

Genie