Hurricane season begins in just a few days and area emergency officials have been preparing all year long.

Yesterday we told you about the tornados that pounded Jackson County during Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

Calhoun County also took a deadly hit from the same twisters. Nowhere in Florida is safe from the wrath of a hurricane.

Angie Smith, Calhoun County Emergency Coordinator, said, “We are considered inland, but when you realize the distance between us and the coast there's not that much difference. You're gonna get a lot of force from it."

High winds and flooding are the most common causes of damage from a hurricane, but not the only ones. Back in 2004, Hurricane Ivan spun powerful tornadoes off feeder bands that swept through several panhandle counties.

"We did really good as far as the hurricane part of it. We suffered some damage, but it was the tornados that actually came in off the hurricanes and they did say that was unusual. They had never seen tornados come off a hurricane like that."

Several mobile homes were destroyed in Calhoun County and, sadly, four people were killed.

"It really opened a lot of eyes as far as what can happen from damages from tornados. It's not just the hurricane you have to prepare for."

Calhoun County emergency officials have been preparing all year to make sure they are ready to weather the next storm. They urge people to have an evacuation plan along with emergency contact information and at least seven days of non-perishable foods, including bottled water.

"The main thing we want to get out to the public this year is to get a plan. You can defiantly be under prepared, but I don't think you can ever be over prepared, and a lot of people expect government to take care of them right afterwards and that's not always gonna be the case. It's gonna be days sometimes before they can get in there."