boy, i thought i was in sticks here in north central pa.you guys are having it rough not only with weather but hard work with wood etc.
not many in my area use wood anymore,its oil/electric heat but we very seldom lose our power and most have a 4,000 watt generator and 5 gallons of gas all time in winter to run our homes until the power comes back on .i only used my generator 2 times in last 30 yrs.....
women here will not allow wood heat in home or coal.......most both work so they just come home and turn up thermostat.ones using wood are catching their homes on fire, we had 3 homes last week on fire......they dont clean chimneys in summer before using or get crack in liner and it takes off..
a lot are going to outside wood/coal furnaces BUT their chimneys are too low and are causing the fumes to get in others homes.so they made them put up 25 ft chimneys on them.then wind came and blew the chimneys down on neighbors homes.......
some went to corn burning stoves.but corn has to be clean and dry to work and you get mice..........
wood pellet stove/pellets are great one BUT now price of pellets went way up like everything else.............

after you buy furnace,5,000 dollars,,,,then cut wood and have to replaced furance in 25 years,i felt i am way ahead just useing my electric baseboard heat.
but i can see why you guys are using wood, your conditions are unreal in winter.........