It seems that the predictions of three month ago have come true - south-east Queensland has experienced its worst flooding event since the infamous 1974 floods.
In addition to the city holding more than a million more people (911,000 compared to 2 million today), better and more instant communication has meant that volunteers can be mobilised, evacuations enacted and preparations put in place.
Reporting has adapted too as hour by hour the weather situation changes. Quick alert bulletins using Twitter and Cover It Live sate the public appetite for the very latest information.
Distributed news sources from people on the ground have given us some of the most devastating images from Queensland, but more optimistically able to provide assurances to interstate and international readers that family and friends are fine.
Web sites hosting copies flood maps and appeal information provide voluntary back ups to overwhelmed official web sites.
The Internet age has certainly proven its ability to serve humanity in a time of crisis.
But just so long as we remember, people are more than their online social networks and there will be more work to do to help rebuild Queensland long after #qldflood trends down on Twitter.
We encourage everyone to be involved in the weeks and months ahead - even after the pictures are off the front pages of newspapers and web sites.
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