Brisbane Storms! Is this the end of the world?

Today Brisbane received it's largest rainfall in eight years when it was lashed by a thunderstorm at around 11:30am.

It was a common occurrence for most Brisbane residents, who over the years have become used to having to use an umbrella for a couple of days every summer.

But apparently the media missed something- The Human News Network took a quick glance around the online news sites and mistakingly thought Al Gore's prophecy had come true:

On the ABC it was Water World.

At Fairfax's Brisbane Times:
'Day of the deluge'

Amazingly, News Ltd were the most measured in their reporting.

But then again the story which 'News Website of the Year' news.com.au chose as their lead was about the latest Family Guy episode making fun of Sarah Palin

So what was going on? It wasn't a slow news day in the South-East corner of Queensland, with a fatal stabbing at a Catholic secondary school and Hollywood writer and director Kevin Smith being thrown off a plane for being too fat

Maybe, just maybe, the media loves a beat up. Not to mention one concerning mother nature at her most furious, once-in-a-decade extreme weather event that leaves thousands of people wet and hundreds less inconvenienced for a few hours.

People lap up these type of stories, especially with plenty of hyperbole and Hollywood movie titles thrown in. Al Gore knew it, and so does The Human News Network.