Originally posted by Pre98:
Couldn't agree more. ^^^

On a scientific note, could this disaster by any chance limit the unique variances of our human dna somewhat? It's just a thought, nothing too serious yet..I just know from science classes that at one point the human species was more diverse, and because of later natural disasters we've become less unique over time.

We've witnessed something that hopefully will never happen again in a very long time.



I think it'll effect family lineages, but the gene pool shouldn't be change in a large schema. These areas are densely populated, hence we are seeing a very large death toll.

The historical inferences that you have read have some important components that these areas don't:
1.) A very small overall population that was effected
2.) A very less diverse gene poll, hence less abudance and less variation.

I doubt this will do anything major, especially since these areas have a very large younger population, i.e. in recent, these countries are breaking their Birth Rate vs. Death Rate; almost defeating their carrying capacity. (Whenever a carrying capacity is defeated we see effects like malnutrition which develop social effects like poverty and illiteracy.) Yet, to endanger a group's gene poll, it must be catastrophic, i.e. elimination of 90+% of these people. Also keep in mind that the areas effected have small land area:population size. That itself, shows that there cannot be too many variants of gene components, since gene flow must be ridiculous high.

In terms of humaniatarian aid from the US's perspective, I humbly believe it is not enough. These death toll numbers are awing, and a few million dollars are not enough. I hope everyone can make a personal contribution to try to assist those in need, since it appears our government is leaning towards political interests rather than humanitarian relief.

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