Is it a bad thing?
I just found it interesting.
I am also amused by the enthusiastic tone of the article.
The last documented comet event occurred in 1908 in Russia near Tunguska in a deserted region of Siberia. Fortunately for us carbon life forms, it was small and it exploded about 10 miles above the earth instead of impacting it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
Seems it knocked down everything standing for a 15 mile radius and created a earth quake of 5 on the richter scale.