Great question. BTW I grew up in Salem Ma and my parents still live there. I went out not in the recent storm but another real windy soaker to try to start a fire. It was an eye opener I must say. I consider myself pretty good, but I burned out a lighter and went through two wetfire tinders. I handicapped myself by not letting myself use birchbark. I didn't use my woodman's pal either to go digging into trees for dry wood. Anyway, good question. raging storms are great practice times!