Survival straws; flint strikers

I have lurked here for awhile and thought what all went on after Katrina
was sort of interesting.

Anyhow, since Katrina hit, I've been thinking of these questions:

- If I were in an attic after Katrina with, say, some clean cloth, a clean
jug and some iodine drops or some Survival Straw filters, could I do
anything to get the flood water to be sort of drinkable? I understand that
there would still be carcinogens and might be some viruses in the water,
but, if I filtered the water through cloth, let it sit, and used
filtration or water purification stuff on the clearest water, could that
be a short-term substitute for clean water?

- Flint striker: I never even tried to smoke, and I've never really
learned to light a match, and I hate the idea of carrying a butane lighter
around. I remember that it was really easy to start Bunsen burner flames
with flint strikers in chemistry class. Is it possible to use a
chemistry-class-type flint striker and a fuzzy cotton ball soaked in
petroleum jelly to start a fire, or is the striker spark too cool to set
the cotton ball on fire?


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