last time i tryed lighting a fire with a flare it was a total
wash-out..this was late 50's--yup..scouts again..we had been
playing around with road flares using them to melt caves
in snow banks..so i took one on a winter camping trip..
when we had a big pile of wood ready to light i did a--
"check this out!!!" and tossed it in the pile--zip--zero--
burned all the way down while we watched..i was flumuxed--
but--but--it's making flames..at this point our wise old
scoutmaster steps forward----it's a chemical fire boys--
its not making enought heat--lesson learned..not all flame
burns with the same amount of heat....i have thought about
wraping a flare in magnesium ribbon..and other "bomb" like
devices...heat tabs--fatwood sticks--in short someway a
cold,wet.numb person could light a fire with big easy
movements rather that trying to work a lighter--sparker
or strike a match...