City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
This novel tells the story of two men and their families as they live through Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.  Craig Donaldson loves his adopted city of new Orleans.  SJ's family has lived in the Lower Ninth for generations.  One white, one black, these men share a love for the city, for roots, for family, for the very humanness of New Orleans.  This book will give you a sense of what ti must be like to have your whole world literally turned topsy-turvy.