Last Christmas/New Years there was a run on matches around here. Maybe it's the time of year when folks like to have lit candles around and they prefer strike anywhere matches, or perhaps it was a coincidence. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Then there's fireworks to be lit as well...

I prefer to have REI stormproof matches with a striker in my kits so I probably wouldn't have known or made note of the shortage if a family member hadn't mentioned it to me.

As for strike anywhere matches being dangerous, I guess they could be, but I haven't heard of them being banned or anything.