06-13-2009, 01:12 AM
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Zartan 
Join Date: July 18, 2001
Location: America, On The Beautiful Earth
Age: 52
Posts: 5,373
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Re: 14 year old boy hit by meteorite
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Originally Posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood
Wow, any odds on that??
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Originally Posted by Chewbacca
wicked long
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This article states 1 in 100 Million
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Chances of being struck by a meteorite are around one in 100 million.
Mr Korte said: "Most meteorites don't actually make it to ground level because they evaporate in the atmosphere.
"Of those that do get through, about six out of every seven of them land in water."
There is only one other known case of a human being surviving a direct hit from a meteor.
A grapefruit-sized meteor crashed through the roof of a house in Alabama, in the USA, in 1954.
After smashing through the top of the building, it bounced off furniture and then hit a woman who was asleep at the time.
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