Laurie:
Em, you seem to be the comet expert here. What happened the last time?
Em:
This one passed over a hundred years ago, but much farther.
Laurie:
But do we know about anything that happened?
Em:
Nothing happened then, it was too far away.
Laurie:
So, is there any reason we should be freaked out right now?
Em:
Well, I mean, it is a lot closer this time.
Laurie:
What does that mean?
Em:
Okay. I read one more thing...
Lee:
Oh, another story!
Em:
Just one more. It's called the Tunguska Event, and, um, it was a comet or a meteor or something like that, that entered the atmosphere over Siberia and exploded over Earth. So it didn't actually have physical impact. It didn't touch Earth, it didn't leave a crater or anything, but the force of that explosion flattened trees for hundreds of miles. But it only killed about one to two people.
Laurie:
It's Siberia. There were probably only two people there.
Em:
Yeah, but they don't necessarily...
Mike:
[jokingly]
It wiped out the population of Siberia.
Laurie:
Basically, yeah.
Em:
Right.
Laurie:
Well, that doesn't make me feel better.
Kevin:
And when was this?
Em:
It was like, in 1908, 1903...
[Suddenly they hear someone banging on the door and get startled]