kraftiekortie wrote:
There's probably less than a one in a million chance of an object like this landing on the Earth. A "one in a million" chance is way too likely for this happening, actually. Try "one in a billion."
I wouldn't worry about it. Really.
True, the odds are in our favor, although if it happens, it sucks. Even so, it really isn't worth much to worry about, there are more likely ways we can go. I'm 53 and I remember the tensions in 1983 over KAL-007 when the Soviets shot it down and a few weeks later, Soviet radar picked up what was a massive US ICBM attack, but it turned out to be an accident, what saved the USSR and the rest of us was one Soviet Captain who said that he wanted to "hold his horses" and he was right, it was bogus. That latter was not revealed until the 1990's. I was getting my driver's license at the time, yeah, we had tension but the 1980's was a great time, really. Well, I'm a big 1980's junkie.

Anyhoo, if I take it back 20 years, Mom was worried during the Cuban Missile Crisis. My father served in the Army from 1955 to 57, first in Korea and Japan, later on to White Sands, New Mexico. Back then, you did your two years, although my father was not drafted, he volunteered at 17, and after you were out, you were on 5 years inactive reserve where they can call you back. 1962 was the 5th year and my father got his final discharge, much to Mom's relief.
I guess, just live you life to the fullest you can and enjoy it as much as you can.