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Summarized by Kent Larsen
Mormons Prepare for Y2K Worst
Associated Press 18Dec99 N6
By C.G. Wallace: Associated Press Writer
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- With the year 2000 approaching, the Associated
Press' Wallace looks at the LDS Church's teachings on preparedness,
which may protect many Church members, should food or energy supplies be
interrupted due to the Y2K computer bug. Wallace reviews both LDS Church
teachings that members should stockpile a 'year's supply' of food, and
the Church's own welfare program, which has accumulated significant
additional supplies.
The Church's operations in Salt Lake City include a dairy, a cannery, a
thrift shop and bakery, all near a 100-foot tall grain silo filled with
300,000 bushels of wheat, one of 60 silos the Church owns across the
U.S. In addition, the Church owns farms, ranches and factories producing
basic necessities. These are distributed throughout the Church's network
of Bishop's Storehouses and stored in Church facilities.
"Utah is probably one of the best prepared states in the nation when it
comes to personal preparedness," said Chris Kramer, spokesman for the
Utah Department of Public Safety. "You don't see that in other parts of
the country. There's an emphasis on self-reliance in the culture here."
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