Hrothgar has some good points. For those affected things are tragic. For those not personally affected in their houses, some will be indirectly affected too.

In areas outside Brisbane, there has been inundation of whole towns. In Toowoomba, very few houses were touched, and in Brisbane only about 1% or so of the city is affected, if you look at the published flood maps. I know Bundaberg, I used to live there, I rang friends and they laughed - only a few long term well known low lying suburbs were affected, most of the city was fine. This is not the "End of The World".

But there are whingers who are complaining they they are annoyed by all the trucks parking and the noisy helicopters, and the shops have no food, etc.