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About 100 tons of meteoric material fall on the Earth each year.

So the question really is how often will a 'significant' one arrive.

They appear to have been much less common in recent times compared to the 'Late Heavy Bombardment' about 3.8 to 4.1 Gya. (Giga years ago). Check for that under meteors or the GHB in say wikipedia. Or have a look at 'list of impact craters on Earth' in wikipedia. You could usefully plot the size and age of these events.

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Statistically the chances of any given location of being hit by a tornado are quite low and the chances of getting hit by a strong one even lower, though what that chance is depends on where you live.

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Well you never know until it happens.

Eventually, some large piece of cosmic debris, whether an asteroid, meteor, or comet, will strike the Earth. However, it may not happen for millions of years. Such events are hard to predict. There is also some possibility that the human race will observe the approaching asteroid and send out a mission to alter its path, so that it will miss the Earth.
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It depends on the size of the meteorite. Small ones strike the Earth pretty commonly (4m diameters around every 1,5 years), but big ones very rarely. The most critical meteor striking guess is around year 2880.

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I believe some areas are more prone to this than others. But don't worry, they should be worth more money than the damage they'd cause.

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An asteroid will hit the Earth, it is only a question of when. Astronomers are always tracking near earth asteroids, but we currently have no way to prevent an asteroid impact.

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There is a 1 in 700,000 chance of being struck by a meteor during the average lifetime.

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Is there going to be a tornado in mesquite Texas on June 6th?

Whether or not a town will be hit by a tornado on a given date is impossible to predict unless that tornado has formed and is minutes or seconds away from striking that town. However, unless the threat of a tornado is imminent the chances of any given town being hit are low.


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Why would people live in Tornado Alley?

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Does the news make up tornado watches to make people scared?

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