“Lava” by the B-52’s at least mentions some disasters:
…Krakatoa, east of java, molten bodies, fiery lava…
and
…Let it flow like Pompeii or Herculaneum…
(Um… of course the song is not literally about volcanoes…)
Woody Guthrie- 1913 Massacre.
Not entirely – it was written about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
“London Calling” by the Clash is definitely post-apocalyptic
“God Moved on the Water” is an obscure folk song about the Titanic
Assemblage 23’s **30KFT ** is about a plane crash.
How do you figure? I think it’s a sensitive, reflective, heartfelt response to the sort of tragedy that leaves you with many more questions than you could possibly find answers for. Maybe you have confused this with another song (perhaps something by Toby Keith), or maybe you would like to quote an offending passage. Are you saying it was wrong to write a song about/in response to the events of September 11? Memeorializing events in song is what folk music is all about. You were really reaching with “Hard Rain” because it’s not a “disaster” song at all, but your description of “Where Were You” is inaccurate.
Hell No We Ain’t All Right!, By Public Enemy.
and don’t forget their song about the Spanish Civil War, Skeletons of Quinto
Superman called this one correctly- its your typical jingoistic American Conservative Christian bullshit. Pretty much every verse is offensive to me, and I just read the lyrics- without throwing up even- maybe becasue I didn’t eat lunch today. Even the title is stupid- the world stopped turning? Really? What as ass the writer is, but in his defense, I really don’t know if he’s the kind of asshole who wrote this shit as a cash-in, or because he really feels that way. Probably both.
If we’re including a hypothetical nuclear apocalypse, I can add:
“Everyday Is Like Sunday” by Morrissey:
In the seaside town
…that they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come - nuclear bomb
And if we get to include a zombie apocalypse, there’s:
“Omegaman” by The Police (based on the movie The Omega Man).
And Gordon Lightfoot (the master of maritime disaster) also wrote “Ghosts of Cape Horn.” It isn’t about any one specific disaster, but is about the ships that have sunk rounding the Horn:
And you read all yer letters
From oceans away
Then you took them to the bottom of the sea
And Johnny Cash has a flood song entitled “Five Feet High and Rising”:
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can’t come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin’
I agree. It’s the only one (besides The Rising) I like, since I am knee-jerkingly unpatriotic. (Except of course I would never turn on I Love Lucy reruns.)
“Let Her Go Down” by Steeleye Span is an overwrought sinking ship song
“Athens Queen” by Stan Rogers is a humorous take on a shipwreck
“White Squall” by Stan Rogers is a sad take on the merciless sea
Louisiana 1927 - Randy Newman
I really think your wrong. Not to continue this hijack, but cite one offensive passage. There’s nothing about killing Arabs or blaming the attacks on anyonje else. So what if he references prayer? A Christian singing about a his reaction to an event is no more offensive than a Jew singing about a Jewish reaction to an event. Would you find a Kaddish as offensive? A review of my posts to this board will show that I’m hardly an evangelical fundie, nor I am a huge pop-country fan. Jackson’s song seems to me to be a sincere reflection on the events of Septemebr 11, 2001. I really wish you would back up your accusation with something – some actual pasage that you find jingoistic, or as Superman accuses, “hatefule”. As for the title, I guess you take simmilar issue with W.H. Auden . I am not suggesting that the artstic merit of the two is comparable but they certainly employ a similar metaphor.
Let’s not get political, folks! Let’s keep it cheerful. For instance, there could be a thread just listing songs about the sinking of the Titanic. 
The Titanic by Lead Belly, based on the UL that black boxer Jack Johnson was denied passage. Written in 1912 but not recorded until 1948:
*Jack Johnson want to get on board,
Captain said, “I ain’t hauling no coal,”
Cryin’, “Fare thee, Titanic, fare the well,” *
Then there was The Great Titanic,] said to have been written shortly after but the earliest version I’ve heard was recorded by William and Versey Smith in 1927:
*It was on one Monday morning just about one o’clock
When that great Titanic began to reel and rock;
People began to scream and cry,
Saying, “Lord, am I going to die?”
Chorus:
It was sad when that great ship went down,
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
It was sad when that great ship went down. *
Oh I wish there were a link button in the quick reply box!
Also, “Breathing” by Kate Bush. It’s from the point of view of a baby in a womb getting ready to be born…right after a nuclear war. Ok, it sounds like it would be silly, but man is it a great song!
Woody Guthrie - “Dust Bowl Blues”
And for economic disaster:
The Carter Family - “No Depression In Heaven”
And another train disaster:
The Carter Family - “The Wreck of the C and O”
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” by The Band
“I Don’t Know Where I’m a’ Gonna Go when the Volcano Blows” by Jimmy Buffett
“Spanish Bombs” by The Clash
“Enola Gay” by OMD
Live’s “Overcome” – response to 9/11
*There’s women in the street
Pullin’ out their hair
My master’s in the yard
Givin’ light to the unaware
This plastic little place
Is just a step amongst the stairs
And I am overcome
I am overcome, baby
Holy water in my lungs
I am overcome…*
Do potential disasters count?
Weird Al Yankovic has a song called “Christmas at Ground Zero”
*You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop
Or Jack Frost on your windowsill
But if someone’s climbing down your chimney
You better load your gun and shoot to kill
It’s Christmas at ground zero
And if the radiation level’s okay
I’ll go out with you and see all the new
Mutations on New Year’s Day* 
Sorry for the DP, but I just did some investigating and “Overcome” was written before 9-11 apparently, but it seemed to fit so well it took on strong 9-11 connotations including a tribute video using the song. Sorry for the misinfo.
Cold Missouri Waters by Cry, Cry, Cry (A song I heard about because of the Dope, actually.)
I would also like to nominate most of the songs off the cast recording for the musical Titanic. (Not to be confused with the schmaltz-fest that was the James Cameron Titanic movie.)
Timothy by the Buoys (Do I have the band name right?) is both a song about disaster and cannibalism. A two-fer.
Bah, have to go make dinner, I’ll remember more later.
Okay, I just realized how that’s going to look. For the record, since I’m cooking for my parents, and it’s Ash Wednesday, no people will be served as part of the meal tonight. (Maybe tomorrow.)