It's easy because you've practiced it from childhood - for 30 years, you claim. If you haven't done that it is not so "easy". Lots of small tricks to learn. Practice, observe, improve. Not rocket science, but it takes practice to be good at it. Particular in though conditions.

Same thing with the hypothermia thing: You know in your backbone what to whatch out for. YOU will (most likely) never allow yourself to get so cold that you're unable to operate matches. And you know how to dress in inclement weather. Lots of small tricks and tips that YOU never give second thought because they've been forged into your backbone since childhood. For someone who hasn't been there, done that they will have to invest a lot of time to learn these things. Not rocket science, just lots of practice.

I am actually amased that you take so easy on the task of getting a fire going in a friggin blizzard. But I guess I haven't lit enough fires...