We all know the first storm of the hurricane season can hit anytime, which is why officials are urging homeowners to prepare.It's a good time to make sure trees near your home aren't going to lead to major headaches.Seminole County’s emergency manager, Alan Harris, says he hears this a lot:"They ask, 'Are we going to get hit by a hurricane this year? What's the forecast?'" Harris said. Emergency managers say hurricane planning never really ends."Even while we were picking up debris in Hurricane Ian, we were picking up after action items so we can improve how we do it the following year," Harris said. At a storm debris workshop, local leaders wanted to remind homeowners that preparation for hurricane season in 2023 needs to be underway, including a good look at the trees in your yard."Anything that's over your house, anything that's maybe touching the house, that you cut that back," Harris said. Keeping in mind that whatever branches you trim, they will not be picked up with debris-removal claw trucks like what happened after Ian and Nicole.It should go out on your yard waste collection day.Oliver Bond is the Seminole County solid waste manager."That means bundled, trash cans, small pieces that can be handled by a normal crew," Bond said. We spotted a tree where a substantial limb snapped off. It ended up lying on the ground.Certain trees have a life span, and as they get toward the end of that life span, they become more fragile and vulnerable."If you have a tree, that's a larger tree near your house, a big shade tree, and you're worried about it, you should definitely find an arborist," arborist Kaydie McCormick said. Without the help of an expert, hollow trees often aren't detected until it's too late."If it's a tree out in the middle of a field and nobody's going near it, it's probably fine, even if it's hollow. But if it's right next to your house, where people are hanging out, you might want to get it removed at that point," McCormick said.Tree removal isn't cheap, but hopefully, it can prevent something even worse.Top headlines: ‘Doublix’: Side-by-side Publix stores puzzle residents of Florida town Massive hole forces Ocala business to close ‘Life of redemption’: Florida woman sent to prison for murder at age 13 dedicates life to mentorship, advocacy