Mike Chinoy from CNN was on the first chooper off the Lincoln. He had some good footage. The first people who ran towards it could be described as a "mob", but it seemed to calm down after the initial surge, as other copters landed with more supplies and a medical team.
When you see how bad things are in Indonesia, it looks like this is going to be a permanent problem; that is, these people have no homes, no structures in their towns, nothing - they need this short term relief in terms of food and medical, but I just don't see how their is any infrastructure, even repairable infrastructure, for them to get back to some kind of sustainable lives. this is going to be a long term operation. other places, like Thailand, are in much better shape.
It's going to be a long, hard problem and I don't know how an area ever overcomes something like this.
CNN has been doing a great job with their coverage; much as I hate to say it.