True, but meteors that burn up on entry can still cause damage -- see the Chelyabinsk meteor last year. It exploded in the atmosphere but still shattered windo

True, but meteors that burn up on entry can still cause damage -- see the Chelyabinsk meteor last year. It exploded in the atmosphere but still shattered windows and damaged thousands of buildings in the nearby town. Few would have survived if it had happened directly over the town.