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List of things that were damaged by meteorites (from title text): | List of things that were damaged by meteorites (from title text): | ||
| − | * On June 30, 1908 ({{w|Gregorian Calendar}}, Russia still used | + | * On June 30, 1908 ({{w|Gregorian Calendar}}, Russia still used Julian and was recorded there as June 17), an {{w|airburst}} caused by the {{w|Tunguska Event|breakup of a 100-meter falling meteorite or comet}} with the energy of some 30 megatons of {{w|TNT}} flattened some 80 million trees over 830 square miles (2,150 km<sup>2</sup>) of land in central {{w|Siberia}} near the {{w|Podkamennaya Tunguska|Tunguska River}}. Due to the remoteness of the area, no people were confirmed dead in the incident. |
| − | * On October 9, 1992, a meteorite {{w|Peekskill meteorite| | + | * On October 9, 1992, a meteorite {{w|Peekskill meteorite|damaged a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu in Peekskill, New York}}. |
* On November 30, 1954, a {{w|Sylacauga (meteorite)|fragment of a meteorite}} passed through the roof of a house and struck a woman named Ann Hodges. She survived. Only [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/5511619/14-year-old-hit-by-30000-mph-space-meteorite.html two other people] are known to have been [https://www.space.com/earliest-evidence-meteorite-killed-person.html hit by meteorites.] | * On November 30, 1954, a {{w|Sylacauga (meteorite)|fragment of a meteorite}} passed through the roof of a house and struck a woman named Ann Hodges. She survived. Only [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/5511619/14-year-old-hit-by-30000-mph-space-meteorite.html two other people] are known to have been [https://www.space.com/earliest-evidence-meteorite-killed-person.html hit by meteorites.] | ||
* On February 15, 2013, a meteorite {{w|Chelyabinsk meteor|exploded in an airburst}} over Chelyabinsk, Russia, creating a shockwave that shattered windows in the area. | * On February 15, 2013, a meteorite {{w|Chelyabinsk meteor|exploded in an airburst}} over Chelyabinsk, Russia, creating a shockwave that shattered windows in the area. | ||
| − | * The {{w|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|extinction of the dinosaurs}} around 66 million years ago is believed to be caused by an {{w|Alvarez hypothesis|impact of a comet or asteroid}}. Randall mentions "non-avian" dinosaurs, as birds are dinosaurs, though the general public not trained in science often doesn't realize this. No humans were alive to wish for the extinction of the dinosaurs, | + | * The {{w|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|extinction of the dinosaurs}} around 66 million years ago is believed to be caused by an {{w|Alvarez hypothesis|impact of a comet or asteroid}}. Randall mentions "non-avian" dinosaurs, as birds are dinosaurs, though the general public not trained in science often doesn't realize this. No humans were alive to wish for the extinction of the dinosaurs, but perhaps the wish was made by some ancestral mouse-like mammal (or else wishes may violate causality). |
If there is a "message" to this comic strip, it could be similar to those of [[1024: Error Code]] and [[2247: Weird Hill]]: that we shouldn't bother wishing for things that shooting stars can't give us, but should instead take time away from our temporal concerns and just relax and appreciate their beauty. Or maybe the message is that, if you ''must'' wish on a shooting star, you should wish for revenge, because that's something that might come true. Of course, as the title text makes clear, meteorites don't really land according to our designs and schedules, and if you're close enough to a shooting star to see it, and you wish for it to avenge you, and it ''is'' big enough to hurt someone, you're probably at risk yourself. | If there is a "message" to this comic strip, it could be similar to those of [[1024: Error Code]] and [[2247: Weird Hill]]: that we shouldn't bother wishing for things that shooting stars can't give us, but should instead take time away from our temporal concerns and just relax and appreciate their beauty. Or maybe the message is that, if you ''must'' wish on a shooting star, you should wish for revenge, because that's something that might come true. Of course, as the title text makes clear, meteorites don't really land according to our designs and schedules, and if you're close enough to a shooting star to see it, and you wish for it to avenge you, and it ''is'' big enough to hurt someone, you're probably at risk yourself. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[The only item in the overlapping section is:] | :[The only item in the overlapping section is:] | ||
:Revenge | :Revenge | ||
| − | + | :[Title text., Congratulations to whoever wished for revenge on a forest near the Tunguska River, a 1980 Chevy Malibu in Peekskill NY, Alabama resident Ann Hodges, every building in Chelyabinsk with glass windows, and the non-avian dinosaurs:] | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
