HONOLULU -- National Weather Service forecasters Monday predict a quiet hurricane season around the Hawaiian Islands.

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The NWS forecasted two to three systems to draw near the state. The season should be below average, according to forecasters.

While the threat may be low, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center still wants the public to prepare now.

Hurricane season begins in two weeks. That's why the Central Pacific Hurricane Center is pushing for residents to be prepared as they kicked off Hurricane Awareness Week.

Hurricane season runs from June through November in Hawaii.

"Even though it's a below-normal season, people should not think that they don't have to worry or there's no threat. There still is a threat of those two to three systems could form and move over the islands and cause significant devastation and threat to life," said Jim Weyman, of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

Hawaii's last threat was Hurricane Jimena two years ago. In that year, forecasts were the same as this year's.

Forecasters stress that it takes just one storm to make a close call or even a direct hit.

They said that it is the perfect time to make a survival kit, along with a plan to protect your property and family.

"For your family disaster plan, the main components is to make sure that you know when disaster strikes, whether it's a hurricane or other kind of disaster, where your family would be," Weyman said. "It may be very cumbersome to put it together at the last minute. There'll be long lines at the stores to get the items that you need. You'll probably be running around trying to pull everything together and it'll raise your anxiety level."

Some fear that many have forgotten what Earth's most powerful storm can do since it has been 13 years since Hurricane Iniki hammered Kauai.