teach me to start a fire in a tortential downpour

A lighter and a decent fart usually do the trick.

No spelling tards allowed . I have big thumbs. and a small phone.

You need some sort of shelter first off.

Shave small pieces of a branch and put the on a shredded piece of birch bark.
The bark light pretty easily even when wet.

torrential rain does not last long.

put on your rain poncho and hunker down until it quits.

then reach into your BOB and pull out the cotton balls that you treated with Vaseline.

spread one out by breaking it apart in thin layers.

dig into the pine needles and find the driest ones you can...or better, look and find some twigs/leaves that didn't get wet which are hidden under overhangs of rock, etc.

build a teepee of th driest stuff you can find and ignite the cotton ball with your handy flint sparker which you carried...or a lighter.

hopefully the teepee will be dry enuf to ignite

if not, pull out the 250,000btu weed burner in your pack and hook it up to the lp propane tank you carry along...

ignite it and instantly dry all the material you like...

then build a nice fire and torch it up

Magnesium flakes

you can buy a hunk at any camping supply store - including Walmart

scrap off some filings with a pocket knife onto your kindling and light

and one more excellent tip like above.

the roots/base of a ponderosa pine is so filled with pitch that it burns like kerosene when lit.

strips of this material can be dried with a dry cloth and then ignited easily.

A cheeto will burn for a long time. If they go stale just save them for kindling. You can save them for animal traps too. Squirrels and such won't care if they are a bit stale.

9 volt battery

steel wool

Hairspray + lighter

Do you have anything at all that's still dry? Start your fire with that. Might be clothing, food packages, maps anything you have that will burn.

Try to find dead wood still attached to a tree. Branches and that sort of thing. It will only be wet an inch or two deep and probably still dry in the middle. Split it and use shavings from the center of the branch to get it going and keep it going. Find a way to keep that stuff dry while you're preparing it. Put up a tarp overhead and work under it, or do it in the tent.

Keep splitting the dead branches and throw them on as the fire gets going. The dry wood in the middle will burn readily and dry the outside as the fire burns and eventually burn that too.

Good luck.

I read somewhere that people should save their dryer lint for SHTF but it is just nasty so I don't want to save it.

I caught four blue gill and a small moutj bass. I need to cook em.

So you're outside in the pouring rain, fishing and posting on GLP?

Hard core man! Hard core!

Carbide crystals.
When carbide crystals get wet they release a flammable gas (this is what used to be in a miner's lamp). All you have to do is make a spark and you have fire. The more rain, the more gas is released. When I was a kid we would carry it camping/hiking in a 35mm film can.
For fun we would lay some in the snow, then hit it with a spark. Instant burning snow!!

Ty every one for the reply's so far. I did bring dryer lint with me but it did not work, I think I should have flluffed it more.

Steel wool and a 9 volt battery. The type with the two snaps on the top of the battery. Short the battery terminals with the steel wool and you will have fire come rain or shine.

NT

Very slick NT!

I have fire, though the rain has came to a light sprinkle. Never the less if u have any tips pkz post.

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Pinned to help ensure your success. I don't think you should eat sushi from a freshwater lake, too many parasites.

semi dry tender, road flare.

I don't quite get your drift, friend?

You don't start a fire in a torrential downpour Sparky.. you build a shelter, then a fire when it stops raining.

Real men don't cook fish in the rain.. they bite the heads off and use their fingers to dig out the good stuff.

Happy Hunting..

yuck, going real hard core eh?

Buy or make a fire piston.

Keep it around for the next time you are in a 'torrent'.

I see yo ass never took itself to the scouts lady, so here it is, how to make a fire even when it is raining, from kids.

[link to scoutingmagazine.org]

Nice article!

I practice solo survivals often and my trick to success in very wet conditions is lots of Birch bark. I scrape dry Birch bark from the inner layer then start it with my fire striker. Birch bark is pretty much like gas paper. Use lots of it to start the fire and make sure you start by burning many small twigs only. Wait until you have enough cols accumulated before putting bigger wet branches. Then around the fire start pilling your wood to dry it. Good luck.

Propane torch and charcoal brics. If that doesn't work move to Arizona.