From the article you linked to, concerning a comet crash being the end of the world:
"A comet or asteroid collides with Earth, and we're all killed or at least seriously shook up. In 1954, for example, a meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama, bounced off a radio, and hit a woman on the hip."
Compelling.
13 posted on 12/13/2003 8:54:08 PM PST by scott7278