Allan South has lived in Utah all his life and currently lives in Orem Utah with his wife Linda and thier eight children. Allan is an Emergency Prepardness Speaker with an ongoing interest in Emergency Prepardness for years and says he "just had to write the book". Allan has a Masters Degree in Chemistry, is a serious outdoorsman, and served a Mission with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in New England for 2 years.