The 'Sister Wives' family has a massive storage room full of extra food in case of an emergency. Are the Brown family preppers?

But the growing prepper cottage industry, promoted by hucksters such as Alex Jones, made food storage look paranoid and extreme, even toxic.

Businesses that sell emergency "prepper" food and other supplies are booming in response to coronavirus fears. It's especially true in places where Mormon church culture encourages preparedness.

The 2016 presidential campaign was so ugly that some families are worried about what could happen in the coming weeks now that Donald Trump has won the presidency.