They really make a big deal about go bags, it was in the watchtower again last Sunday.
every year there is at least one local needs about putting extra food and supplies in your go bag so as not to be a burden on others but better to have a surplus to share.
the elders all hope that the rank and file will have an excess and all the sisters will rally round to feed them and look after them.
the branch always has extra supplies to send to anywhere in the world if there are disasters or food shortages of some kind