Hope it doesn't fall on a train...

No need to fear, odds are that no one will feel a grain of sand particle of the debris ... the Earth aquires (I have heard) @ 6000 tons of sand like metorite dust der day, 365. Most debris that burns up, is the grain of sand, or bowling ball size of debris ... and rarely does any of it hit the ground.

Years ago, the satellite tracking guys sleeping, fell outa' their chairs, as alarms went wild, and a schoolbus size asteroid cruzed silently, unknowingly, between the Moon & Earth, and then just as fast disappeared into deep space.

We will tell you when it is time to panic ... please stay calm !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8&feature=related
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A pair of our local newsies on the ABC affiliate the other night were telling us not to worry about this because our chances of being hit were "only" 1 in 3,258, and so we were quite safe. Clearly they both slept through high school science and math. The earth has a surface area of 5.115 x 10^14 square meters, so the chances of the satellite hitting your 1 square meter is, well, 1 in 511,500,000,000,000. They were only off by ten or eleven orders of magnitude.
 
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A pair of our local newsies on the ABC affiliate the other night were telling us not to worry about this because our chances of being hit were "only" 1 in 3,258, and so we were quite safe. Clearly they both slept through high school science and math. The earth has a surface area of 5.115 x 10^14 square meters, so the chances of the satellite hitting your 1 square meter is, well, 1 in 511,500,000,000,000. They were only off by ten or eleven orders of magnitude.
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Ah, but there are other considerations.

How big is the satellite?

Cities are more heavily populated than rural areas.

Land based areas are more heavily populated than the water masses.

Maybe the person who did the calculations took these and other factors into account. If they are right, then the risk of being hit is worse in major cities. It therefore follows that the chances of survival are clearly better out at sea.

Take no chances. Take to the water. Hurry, get yours now and beat the impending boat shortage.

Cheers
Casper
;)

One of yours I believe?

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Call me stupid, but wouldn't this thing just burn up in the atmosphere? I mean, i'v heard of small parts, like a fuel tank, little pieces of skin, etc. making it all the way down to earth, but won't most of it just burn up to nothing?

Well, just in case, I'm gonna hop in a submarine and go hide under the Arctic ice cap. multiple layers of protection: ice, water, and finally dual hulls of Titanium:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Victor_III_class_submarine_1997.jpg

helmsman, take her to 100 percent on the reactor:D :hehe:
 
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