I’ve heard it consists of avian, pig and human flu elements; why is that? And what does this mean? Is it going to mutate to something less forgiving in it’s dormancy during the winter months subtropical?
Somewhere ?? wth ?
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Yeah, I’m feeling like I should board up the shack at any moment dear-
We shall see I suppose..

Genetic mutations. The virus is a living breathing entity. Just as if you were to move to a dessert you would not just settle for the circumstances handed to you. You would seek out water because that is how you would best survive. The same with the virus, it adapts to what will best help it to survive.

News reporters, scientists, health experts, doctors, etc. said it would take out millions of the population in America.
It hardly did that.
I got H1N1, and I got pneumonia shortly after I got the flu last year.
I didn’t die. Well, obviously.

Anyway, why were people so concerned about it? Why did people say it would kill millions of people?

People seem to always imagine that whatever happens was inevitable, and the experts "should have seen it coming". News media likes to report "breaking news", which means they report things before people know the real facts. And, as has been mentioned, fear sells newspapers.

Where predicting pandemics is concerned, we are where weathermen were when they first put up weather satellites. We can see a storm forming over the gulf, but we can’t tell if it will be a Katrina or just fizzle.

There were a number of hints this MIGHT be a disaster. Flus that have crossed over into humans from animals recently are often much worse. Flu viruses that don’t have surface proteins in common with an older flu are unfamiliar and hard for our immune systems to recognize. Early reports said (incorrectly) that The H1N1 "swine flu" had no surface proteins in common with older flu viruses. The H1N1 "swine flu" had some features in common with the devastating 1918 flu. It had some biological similarities, and like that flu it was more serious for young people then older people. (a rare trait in a flu). Early in the epidemic a bunch of students died in a Mexican High School.
The flu also appeared too late in the season to incorporate the vaccine for it into the normal flu shot.

It turns out that the flu DID have some things in common with a flu that went around decades ago, so old people (normally the group most vulnerable to the flu) had some added protection. Nothing like the incident in the Mexican High School occurred elsewhere, no one knows why.

to be honest, i haven’t been following the h1n1 news at all, just heard from people.
however i did realise that since this new type of virus was discovered, more people have been getting sick, with the normal kind of flu. like before it started i didn’t see so many people getting sick and suddenly the flu virus is spreading around. my country here hasn’t really been affected by the swine flu until one and a half weeks ago.
so does the h1n1 affect the normal flu rate around or am i just paranoid?

The two have nothing to do with each other. The news when one thing is big covers stories near it also more.
The flu has been pretty good actually if you look up old data from deaths from the flu.
The flu has a season all its own, many flus are included in that. The way news can spread faster and faster, makes it seem like things are happening more and more, not true, we are just able to access more date faster than ever before.
Im glad so far your country is holding out well against that, lets hope we do. So far this flu has not done caused as many deaths as it sure could of. I do wonder what years in the future hold if it will return or go away.

Is it true that it was two types of swine flu, the avian flu and the human flu? iIf so, do you know the subtypes of the flues that made it up?

Three different viruses or its subtypes. Influenza A (H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenza virus A and the most common cause of influenza (flu) in humans. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a few per cent all human flu infections in 2004-2005. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).

I would like to know where to get information on the Signs and Symptoms of Swine Flu H1N1 Virus.
Also, how to fight the Swine Flu and how to protect my family.

1. Symptoms:
The typical symptoms of swine flu are:
a sudden fever (a high body temperature of 38°C/100.4°F or above), and
a sudden cough.

You may also have:
headache,
tiredness,
chills,
aching muscles,
limb or joint pain,
diarrhea or stomach upset,
sore throat,
runny nose,
sneezing, or
loss of appetite.

2. How to protect your family:

The virus spreads from tiny droplets of water that are sprayed when you talk, cough, laugh, sneeze, or spit. The droplets spray about 3 feet (1 meter) in distance. They are not visible. You can be unknowingly exposed to the infected droplets if you are within 3 feet of an infected person. To avoid infection you can stop hand-shaking, kissing, avoid crowded spaces, and stay away from people who appear to be ill. Wash your hands often, don’t touch your face, get plenty of sleep, and eat heathy foods to otherwise boost your immune system.

We will be traveling thru plane and I believe its quite reasonable to wear a face mask to avoid possible health treat (h1n1 flu virus) besides from n95 which is costly; what other specific mask would you guys recommend…

Apparently all masks have some degree of protection but the N95 seems to be the best of the lot. Yes it is costly but at the end of the day it’s your health that’s most important. You have forked out all this money to go on a trip so an extra $100 shouldn’t really be an issue.