उदाहरण के लिए, यह संभव हो सकता है कि उनमें से कई लोग जिनका व्यवसाय सुनामी के कारण नष्ट हो गया वे उसे पुनः नहीं पा सकेंगे तथा अधिकांश तटीय गाँवों में सामाजिक संरचना पूर्णतः बदल जाएगी।
For example, it is quite possible that many of those whose livelihoods were destroyed by the tsunami will never be able to return to them again, and that many of the coastal villages will have their social structure completely altered.