I am not LDS but my wife is, so I'm aware of their research and history related to Mormon emergency preparedness. For years the Mormon Church has suggested to their members to have on hand, at least one years food supply at all times. I don't think a great percentage of members have the space and time to rotate such a massive amount of food but at least it makes these folks aware of the need.

With the probabilities of potential events in this country on the rise (both man made and natural) the church is now asking communities to take inventory of the skills of the members in an effort to network. It's not a religious thing....it's preparedness of an entire community. It's worth perusing their web site for ideas. web page

IMO, a community effort towards survival is a good idea, however, I know that many in my immediate neighborhood would shy away as soon as I said the "S" word (don't you know survivalists hide in the woods behind trees wearing old skins with bear grease dripping from their chins?) So, while I will work with my wife on LDS community preparedness efforts, I will continue to prepare EDCs, BOBs and vehicle kits for my families..... and oh, BTW, when the church asks me about my skills, I'll tell them JRCS "jungle-rules chaos survival", and I play a little guitar too.

In my experience, most LDS folks I've known do have a goodly supply of food, perhaps enough for a year or more. It is quite a phenomena.

A god model -- they're organized, too.

TRO

I am LDS and we have been advised by church leaders to have a supply of food for over 30 years now (Not a 30-year supply, they have been giving the advice to have 1-2 year supply for that long). Leaders also encourage us to avoid debt, to have a garden, etc. Many things that are along the survival line.

They point out that this supply can be used for natural disaster or a personal disaster. I knew a family in Baltimore once where the breadwinner was layed off = personal tragedy. This family was able to survive for 9 months, until new employment was found, because they had this storage of food. Yes they had some unemployment but with 8 or 9 kids, that got stretched very thin but they avoided the welfare roles otherwise.

I actually took CERT training through my city program in the fall at the encouragement of local church leaders. There were 10 of us from my congregation that took it.

My sister and her family recently moved from the Phoenix area to Idaho but my brother-in-law tells of a couple of years ago when northern Arizona (N. Az has a high LDS population) had severe wild fires. He caught an interview on local news where they were interviewing a Red Cross worker at an evacuation center. They asked the worker what they had done for evacuees and the worker replied something like "Nothing, these people have all been able to take care of themselves, I've never seen anything like it." [not quoted exactly from the worker but exactly from my brother-in-law]. Far cry from what was witnessed in the Big Easy last fall. (I know, the population in N Az is nothing compared to N.O., but if half the people, or even 10%, in N.O. whould have been a little prepared then the outcome would have been vastly different).

Anybody that would live that close to the ocean and BELOW sea level should have their head examined.