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?
The catalytic technology (it's not a bunch of fancy stuff you have to worry about going bad, just a way of making the stove draw and burn very efficiently) makes a huge difference in how much wood you burn, how much heat it puts out and how clean the burn is.
BTW, one tip - if you burn hot (efficient), you'll have virtually no black burned on creosote to clean off the glass. I hardly ever have to clean the glass other than wipe it off. The old stove I had to use stove glass cleaner and scrub like crazy to get the black off the glass.