If a meteor like the one that killed the dinosaurs hit the Earth, would we be able to protect ourselves?

Question: If a meteor like the one that killed the dinosaurs hit the Earth, would we be able to protect ourselves?
- Keywords:
  apocalypse,
  dinosaurs,
  meteor
Asked by helloimholly to Anna on 11 Mar 2014.
- Anna Middleton answered on 11 Mar 2014:
  
  @helloimholly If we buried ourselves far into the ground or if we left the planet and flew to another one, then we might survive

Question: If a meteor like the one that killed the dinosaurs hit the Earth, would we be able to protect ourselves?