FEMA: Double victims should file twice

There's lots and lots of advice around -- e.g. on that Enterprise Foundation flyer mentioned here earlier -- telling people who have heard nothing on a FEMA claim that they should follow up on their original claim rather than re-register.

However, FEMA posted a press release today noting that people who suffered losses in both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita must file separate assistance claims for each of the two disasters.

(No, the one piece of advice doesn't contradict the other. The point is to file only once for each disaster -- no more, no less.)