I live somewhat rural and I have had the feeling for a few months that it would be a bad winter.We have had almost no winter the last few years so stands to reason at some point that is going to change.We have power outages in most any storm here so last month I bought enough kerosene to last 3 to 4 weeks should power go out.I guess I went ahead and bought it because I was thinking it will be much more expensive later this year.Its already $4 a gallon.

Changed the wicks and totally cleaned both my heaters.Have a small one for when its not so cold and a bigger one for really cold.
Thought about taking the gas grill to the garage but felt like I might be cooking on it this winter so decided to leave it on the back porch in case I needed to cook on the burner.Got an extra 15 lb tank of propane for the grill.

Have enough firewood for about 3 weeks burning.Not my favorite way to heat but a back up for my other back up.

After thinking it over a bit OP I do believe you are on to something.Didnt really think about it but I have been preparing for winter over a month now which is very early for me to do so.Already took the lightweight summer curtains down and put up the ones with winter backing...wow hadnt noticed how much ahead I was till I started typing it out.