They can be quite spectacular. During a storm, there can be many bright trails in the sky at once. How this would appear is suggested by Figure 3 which shows several Leonid meteors from 1996 on the same photograph. These are extremely bright meteors that can be as bright as the Moon and even bright enough to turn off street lights. Although meteors often give the impression of being close to you, most are about 100 km high and, if near the horizon, can be hundreds of kilometers away.
Most meteoroids burn up completely on their way into the atmosphere.
These are difficult to locate, because again one usually perceives meteors as being much closer than they actually are and they can be seen from hundreds of kilometer distances. Unfortunately, the best predictions are that, IF a storm occurs, it will be mainly visible from Asia. Still, if there is a storm, then the Leonid rate here in the U.S. should also be rather high, perhaps hundreds per hour. Such a show would in itself be worth seeing, given the special nature of the Leonids. I emphasize, as do the experts, that it is essentially impossible to predict how high the rate will actually be.