Honestly, I think these shows do a disservice to what I call "practical preppers" (a category which most Mormon families fall into). Specifically, I'm talking about common sense preparedness, such as having at least a couple week's food, water, and prescriptions stored, as well as 72-hour evac-packs for each member of your family and "get-home" kits in your vehicles. LDS families do typically go somewhat beyond this and keep a one-year supply of food on hand. This is primarily a defense against sudden and sustained loss or reduction of income, and not because they're planning for the end of days. I personally know many a LDS family that have had to dip into their food storage during hard times. Think of it as food insurance. Let's face it: if society completely collapses, even a year's worth of food is not going to save you. But many other scenarios where a temporary but significant disruption of services can and do happen periodically. That's what you should be preparing for...not the apocalypse. Those who build bunkers and castles are on the fringe of society, and typically spend so much time and resources preparing for "the end of society" that they forget to live. They also likely haven't considered what they would do in the aftermath of their initial survival, i.e. what are they surviving for? In the end (no pun intended), that is what will likely do them in, should and apocalypse occur.
