I live in northern MN. Winters can be brutal. My house uses gas for heat. I am thinking about installing a wood burning stove. Lead times on these are not bad right now - it seems not many are looking toward heating when it's 90+ degrees.
Are any of you moving in this direction as part of your prep? Thoughts?
Where I'm from - Alaska - having at least one backup heat source is pretty common. We also have natural gas and a fireplace with a gas starter and a fan, but we are moving a wood stove from our downstairs to the attached garage. That gives us an alternate heat source that can be transferred to the house with a fan. We've added a lean-to greenhouse to the south side of our home so we can transfer heat either into it from a window or from it to the house. Just think redundant systems - you can find numerous creative ways to accomplish this.