Rain and more rain

Yesterday, there was a huge mudslide about 30 min south of where I live in La Conchita and the only freeway south of Santa Barbara is closed. There has been 400% more rain fall in the last week then in the average year. We even made world news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4162055.stm
However, how ironic is this when compared to the Tsunami in Asia. Within a couple weeks of each other, our inconvience pales in comparison. One women told a news crew that "I'm sick of being wet, I can't wait to be dry again." Although this woman spoke in honesty, are we so spoiled that some flooding and rain makes world news? If this happened in Indonesia, no one would report it. Perhaps we should take this as a lesson in humility and should be thankful for what we do have...