So I have to ask, as an insurnace adjuster, do you have flood insurance? I sure hope so and hope even more that you won't need it.
As for the floods in Australia? Bah. I was over there for six weeks back in February and March on Cat Duty, handling cyclone and flood claims. Even though Cyclone Yasi was much larger than Katrina it didn't do nearly the damage, neither did the floods. My team did manage to get stuck in a tiny town called Cardwell, ground zero for Yasi, by flooding for five days. Fun.....not.
Oh....and congrats on the wins! That's what life is about - moments of joy. The stuff in your house, no matter what it is, in the end is just stuff. Stay safe and leave before you think you really need to. I've handled tons of fatality claims over the years. I've yet to handle a claim involving stuff that I couldn't repair or replace but I still haven't managed to figure out how to fix dead.