Originally posted by runetang
but THEN .. i started to imagine the truth, which is, that a near earth object, of which there are tens of thousands, could land directly on top of the exact space that i am inhabiting on this planet Earth. so I began imagining what it is like to have a meteor or -something- fall from the sky directly on top of you, how it would look as it is coming into the atmosphere and landing on you, etc. the more i thought about it, and told myself repeatedly, "think about it .. no seriously, a space rock can squash you like you are meaningless snot at any fraction of any second that goes by. one .. two .. three..". Which is nothing but true ..
so my first thought reaction to that feeling of impending doom was strangely enough to crawl under something. not literally .. i mean i didnt get up and crawl under something nor did i want to but my thought was in that circumstance to hide under the Earth, cover me up! sort of thing, which wouldn't help you in a direct impact, nothing would. so its kind of funny how much fear that really can inspire in an individual .. just wanted to share.
Don't panic! There is no record of anyone ever being hit by a meteorite, let alone an asteroid! (The dinosaurs didn't keep records).
Meteors like the one in this thread are quite rare, especially as nearly two thirds of the globe is sea, consequently most go unnoticed. You stand much more chance of winning the lottery jackpot several times over than ever being hit by a meteorite.
Siberia (Tunguska) was hit by what was probably a comet (as it exploded in the air) in the early 20th century, so statistically that shouldn't happen again for a long, long time.
The last asteroid impact was a long time ago though...
This article also mentions a veiwer who 
