Friday, February 27, 2015

Stormy weather

You know, there’s a lot of coverage of the bad weather that has struck much of the US, successive blizzards dumping feet of snow across the heartland and up and down the East Coast.

People getting cabin fever, despite 500 cable channels, video games and the Internet, etc.

What I’m wondering is this: will there be a spike in the birth rate long about October-November? Because there are only so many things you can do when you can’t push your front door open for the snow drifts piling up against it.

I seem to recollect that, long about late September, 1996, hospitals around the D.C. area were prepping for a higher-than-usual call upon their obstetrics resources, because we’d had a really bad storm in early January.

Yeah, I know—back then there were fewer cable channels, no video streaming at all, not as sophisticated gaming, and not a lot of Internet around, as compared to now.

Even so, if you’re an obstetric nurse, you might want to consider booking your annual vacation prudently now.



1 comment:

  1. There is firm statistical reporting for the natal effects of the East Coast power blackout of the late 20th Century.

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