were being operated by the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA). More than 2,100 federal agency personnel had been deployed to help out with the cleanup from Hurricane Marilyn. Four contracts were quickly accepted for immediate building repairs. Diving teams were sent to check for harbor damage and United States Navy Seabees started working on repairing public buildings. Military and security forces included about 500 Army, Air Force, and Navy personnel, 500 National Guardsmen, and 500 federal law enforcement personnel. The airport in St. Thomas was open for flight using a mobile control tower. The St. Thomas hospital was open, but was running on generators. The first FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers opened on September 23 on St. Thomas. A reported indicated that by October 11, 1500 loans were granted for home repair, mostly for under $2500. More than 19,000 disaster housing applications were filed, with over 2800 being accepted. About 5000 of 15,000 assigned inspections were completed. Over 7800 applications for Individual and Family Grants had been received and, of the 4,000 SBA loan applications filed, 43 had been approved for a total of $744,100 – an average loan of $17,300. Records and retirement Marilyn was the last of three tropical cyclones to affect the Leeward Islands especially Dominica and Guadeloupe in a short period of time of the 1995 season, the first being Hurricane Iris, late August and the second being Hurricane Luis, ten days before. Due to intense destruction in the US Virgin Islands, the name Marilyn was retired in the spring of 1996, and will never again be used for an Atlantic hurricane and was replaced with the name Michelle for the 2001 season, which would retire itself after that season. See also Other storms of the same name List of Atlantic hurricanes Timeline of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season References External links NHC Marilyn Report NOAA storm data on Hurricane Marilyn HPC page on Hurricane Marilyn NWS Service Assessment Marilyn path by UNISYS Marilyn Marilyn (1995) Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn Marilyn 1995 in the Caribbean 1995 natural disasters Natural disasters in the United States Virgin Islands Marilyn Marilyn) Marilyn