Looking out towards the sea, I watched as the lightning flashed and crashed across the sky, it lit up the beach and everything else around, it looked pretty scary even for me and I loved storms, I even done a bit of storm chasing in Oakey.<br/><br/>Something was digging into my thigh, feeling into my pocket I found my Zippo, 'great' I thought, I opened it and crossing my fingers I flicked the wheel, it sparked but no flame, I flicked it again, a flame, 'no wonder Zippo are the best' closing the lid I reached towards the base of the nearest tree, it was dry, I gather a load of litter that had gathered around the base of the tree and made a pile then reaching around between the lightning flashes I found some coconut husks, and some wood, amazing, it was pouring with rain yet this was dry, looking up at the top of the tree and waiting for a lightning flash, I noticed it was a palm with with very wide leaves that acted like an umbrella, that explained why everything at the base of the  tree was dry.<br/><br/>Lighting the kindling and putting on the coconut husks then  the wood  soon had a fire burning under the apron of my aluminium coffin and it felt good to feel the warmth on my hands.