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					Originally Posted by MRCboicgy  Back on topic: how does something get deflected from Alberta all the way into the Atlantic? That's the part that is blowing my mind. | 
	
 
It skipped off the atmosphere I think they said.  Just like skipping a rock on water if it comes in at an oblique enough angle.
Keep in mind these things are going at huge speeds, kilometers per second.