little lighter, because oft oftentimes you might need to light something. a candle or something. and you don t have lighters like this. this is a great one. it s multipurpose lighter that you pop it out and inside you even have another little lighter that serves as the fuel. this is a regular lighter and then you can pop this together and it actually is a little torch lighter. what about a weather radio. i have one of those you crank up but to be honest with you, i haven t take ten out of the box. are these things i need to really kind of make sure i know how to operate before the storm comes? you have to have a radio. and you are more likely, it s best to have a crank radio or solar radio simply because the battery goes down you can t connect to the grid, you ll need to listen to reports. you have to stay abreast of all of the information. another thing is that people have to do stuff before. like you have do you have gas in your vehicle? if you don t have your vehicle toppe