well, looks like you guys going to have a winter close to what we have in estonia every year.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/443462/...ast-for-UK
so, don't wait until snow starts to fall from the sky. buy your snow shovels tomorrow. wide one for clearing thin layer of snow from your home driveways. couple of 40-50cm wide aluminium full length with comfortable handle high quality shovels, one in the car, one in the home for heavy snow.
if you have snow+mud tires, put them on your car. check weather forecasts every evening. if it predicted to snow, wake up an hour earlier. even if we have snowy cold winter each and every year, somehow it is always a big surprise for the local authorities, communal services and of course for the thousands of motorists. be prepared for the lines in car service garages, gas stations and snow shovel shortages.
check your car coolant liquid and windscreen washing liquid (we use -25'C liquid all trough the winter).
change the windscreen wipers before bad weather comes, good visibility can save somebody's life. it is getting darker earlier in the winter and you better make yourself more visible on the street, use pedestrian safety reflectors (in my country pedestrian safety reflectors are mandatory to use in the dark time when moving in the streets and roads).
drain your unused outdoor equipment and water vessels out of water outside your home. in case of frost all water containing water heaters, water cooled engines, jars, bottles, canisters, tubes, piping can be destroyed by expanding freezing water inside them. it is not enough to open the vessels jar to protect it from ice expanding, it has to be emptied.
some thoughts about being in good health at winters. in some 20 years i had no bad flu cases and i think that is why:
-take a lot of walk outside, get a outdoor hobby at winter, but be certain to where appropriate clothes. when you enter warmed rooms or car take of your head wear, unbutton or take of your upper coat to avoid sweating
-eat more vitamins containing fruits and veggies
-visit less or avoid public gatherings indoors, e.g. cinemas, theaters, school meetings etc. after visiting public places e.g. shops, offices, public transportation wash your hands. in fact wash your hand every time you have an opportunity when outside your home. at work never use your coworkers pens, computers and other stuff without washing your hand afterwards
-try to minimize your contact with your friends with pre-school or school age children (that if you don't them of your own of course). kids are the most tend to spread the infections they get at schools. sounds paranoid, but usually there are only a couple of waves of flu at winter. and of course if you have somebody ill at your home don't visit your elderly relatives
-if you double- or triple-glaze your windows and improving your home heat insulation don't forget your house has to breathe. don't make your house air-tight hermetic
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