That about summs up the whole thing. This is why the edge of mental preparedness if so much more important than any edge we may gain by carrying a bunch of tools, gadgets and incendiaries. When you are standing outside, cold enough to be threatened by it and in a hurry to get something - anything done about it, it is at that point more than any other, the point of crises, when we must stop, think things through, plan and think through the plan before acting. Sometimes it is good to just plain make a spot of tea. Had the gentleman in this story gone to the barn with his coat on, made a spot of tea on the wood stove there (using the matches in the coat pocket and melted snow and perhaps a feed bucket), he would have quickly realized that he had all that he needed right there in the barn. Could have made a nice warm bed of hay near the wood stove and burned the stalls for days until he cut a beam and battered down the front door of his house! Or used some harness straps or the like to pull out the cross member of the window. Or enlisted the aid of his livestock for both warmth and pulling power. The list seams endless when sitting warm with a cup of tea. Point is he could have achieved the "sitting warm with a cup of tea" posture without resolving his crises. This posture is attainable in the middle of most crises and often helps us to regain perspective and come up with solutions that save lives.