Comets, Meteors, Fireballs......Does Humanity Have A Chance???

A few years ago I witnessed a ginormous meteor fly overhead (um, I am assuming, since I am not a scientist, that it was a meteor) while driving home one winter's night. The whole area lit up like it was noon and a bright light went zooming past high up in the night's blackened sky. To this day, I still have a vision of what I saw that night very clearly in my mind. I've never seen anything like it before or after. And I truly didn't know what to make of it until lately when I've been reading more and more articles about people seeing meteors streaking across the skies.

There are several articles I have come across recently, and one can be found here if you are inclined to find out more about these celestial objects that seem to be coming into frequent contact with our living space these days. It seems that there may be alot more to these meteors than just watching a pretty shooting star.

The other article is from a blog I read frequently. The beginning of the article is below. It's title is:

Wars, Pestilence and Witches
~by Laura Knight-Jadczyk

It was a warm, clear afternoon in the capital. The bustle of metropolitan commerce and tourism filled the streets. Small sailing vessels dotted the sheltered waters within sight of the government buildings, riding on a soft southerly breeze. The Sun sparkled on the gentle swells and wakes, lending a luminous glow to the poppies and tulips nodding in the parks along the water's edge. All was in order.

But suddenly, the sky brightened as if with a second, more brilliant Sun. A second set of shadows appeared; at first long and faint, they shortened and sharpened rapidly. A strange hissing, humming sound seemed to come from everywhere at once. Thousands craned their necks and looked upwards, searching the sky for the new Sun. Above them a tremendous white fireball blossomed, like the unfolding of a vast paper flower, but now blindingly bright. For several seconds the fierce fireball dominated the sky, shaming the Sun. The sky burned white-hot, then slowly faded through yellow and orange to a glowering copper-red. The awful hissing ceased. The onlookers, blinded by the flash, burned by its searing heat, covered their eyes and cringed in terror. Occupants of offices and apartments rushed to their windows, searching the sky for the source of the brilliant flare that had lit their rooms. A great blanket of turbulent, coppery cloud filled half the sky overhead. For a dozen heartbeats the city was awestruck, numbed and silent.

Then, without warning, a tremendous blast smote the city, knocking pedestrians to the ground. Shuttered doors and windows blew out; fences, walls, and roofs groaned and cracked. A shock wave raced across the city and its waterways, knocking sailboats flat in the water.......

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~ The Mediator