Devastating Earthquakes in Asia; ARC Marches On

Devastating is not a strong enough word for the recent earthquakes. In Asia there is true suffering today: Entire families; schools full of children; towns obliterated, their lives, knowledge, legacy--gone forever.
It's frightening.
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Stan; landslides in Guatemala that buried entire villages, killing every single soul and leaving no sign of human habitation.

It reminds me why I truly believe the advancement of Space technology is so important to the survival of the human species. It's not about having sex in Zero-G, cruising through the galaxy in starships or turning a profit. It's about survival.
Things happen on this planet that are beyond our control. Things explode. Like mountains.
When that happens, when something explodes with or without advance notice, say Yellowstone perhaps, things go wrong around the globe.
Or a new flu. One that spreads from human to human quickly, and kills very slowly, with a slight delay in symptoms--three quarters of the human race could be gone. So too would entire cultures, languages, learning, art and music. What if it were Hollywood? Or London?
Or all of California and half of Europe?
Just a simple natural disaster. Nothing the Earth hasn't experienced before.

I guess I wasn't the only one thinking about it.

The Alliance to Rescue Civilization (ARC)is trying to address the risks by preparing a rescue team staffed with back-up copies of all human culture, and human presence itself, on the Moon.
It sounds like science fiction, but they make some valid points about having a crew in place, somewhere safe, connected to the earth, protecting a repository of genetic material repopulating livestock and animal species, possibly even humans, and coming when we need them. It could also be used as a Space port, or whatever, they say, until such time as it is needed.
Sounds like a normal Space base to me, but whatever. The point is, we DO need such a place. And the sooner, the better.