Taking into account that Folk Music has taken note of current events of the time for social (and political) comment, it only seems natural that Katrina should be the subject of our interest. It will, after all cost somewhere between one to two hundred billion US$ in its effects.

Having discovered The Flying Folk Army, I was intrigued that a few of their songs on their site songs page seemed very close, or at least being nudged in an appropriate direction.

With wanting to offend Mrr above, I dont feel that that song has teh intensity to reflect Katrina sufficently for me.

Their song 'Hasting Away' (yes, I do get the original references!) seems a close starting point. 'Uncle Sam' has some political refernce, although it was orignally aimed at the Iraq 'excursion'. And 'Gingerbread Man' has a few refernces worth 'folk-borrowing'.

Don't miss 'I wanna be an engineer' - not for this thread, but it's a good social comment song.