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