http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5511619/14-year-old-hit-by-30000-mph-space-meteorite.html
This is an older article about the German boy who was hit in the hand by a pea-size meteorite traveling at 30,000 mph. Note the details:
he saw a flash of light then a pain in his hand;
the meteorite was red hot;
he survived the strike (1 in a million chance that he survived);
after it bounced off his hand (leaving a nasty 3" scar), it hit the ground and caused a one-foot-wide crater;
there was an enormous bang like a crash of thunder;
the noise that came after the flash of light was so loud that his ears were ringing for hours afterwards;
when it hit him it knocked him flying and then was still going fast enough to bury itself into the road;
the fragment was really magnetic.
THIS IS JUST ONE PEA-SIZED METEORITE. There will be all sorts of debris in the air besides chunks of meteorites, such as gravel and other space junk from the debris trail.
Use this information when assessing the safety of any shelter you plan on using. While the article does mention 6 out of 7 of these objects end up in the ocean, remember there will be orders of magnitude more of them so the odds go up.
Also consider other sources of noise besides exploding debris and consider getting heavy-duty ear muffs to help dull the noise.
