KENTUCKY (WKYT) - If you think Hurricane Erin sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

For today’s Good Question, Kevin asks: My family and I were evacuated from our hotel while vacationing in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in 1995 by Hurricane Erin. How do they decide how storms are named? I didn’t think they used the same name twice.

It’s actually more common for a name to be reused than it is for one to be retired.

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Obviously, the Hurricane Erin that caused Kevin’s family to evacuate in 1995 isn’t the same one going up the eastern seaboard right now. And unless it causes some major damage, there could be another Hurricane Erin in six years.

The World Meteorological Organization oversees the

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