Some Colorado doctors, hospitals report flurry of blizzard babies

[snopes]

Nine months after back-to-back blizzards brought life to a near-standstill in much of eastern Colorado, some doctors and hospitals say they're seeing one more bit of fallout: lots of babies.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...om0927-ON.html

[barbrainey]

The belief that being shut in during a blizzard causes couples to have sex more often, resulting in a "baby blizzard" nine months later is an old myth.

I remember reading about an anticipated "baby blizzard" in Chicago in October of 1967, nine months after a severe blizzard stalled the city. Newspaper headings would read something like, "Snow Storm Brings Baby Blizzard."

It's nothing new.

B. A. Rainey

[Artemis]

Doesn't that also assume that during blizzards, etc., that people suddenly stop using birth control? Granted, it might be harder to get to condoms, but a lot of people carry condoms around. And if you're on the pill or a hormonal method, then being in a blizzard probably won't make a difference.

[Eddylizard]

I've often thought it not so much of a co-incidence that maybe 80% of the people I know from the Isle of Man has a birthday in March, which is nine months after June, which is when they shut the roads for the TT and no-one can get out to do anything. My theory hasn't gained much credence amongst the natives though.

I thought the idea was more people are stuck together with nothing better to do.

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by Doug4.7

I thought the idea was more people are stuck together with nothing better to do.

Well yeah, that was my idea.

[snopes]

Originally Posted by Doug4.7

I thought the idea was more people are stuck together with nothing better to do.

We don't get many blizzards around these parts, but as far as I know (unless they're accompanied by prolonged power outages) they don't cause televisions, radios, CD/MP3 players, VHS/DVD players, the Internet, playing cards, board games, books, and all other forms of entertainment to disappear or stop functioning.

- snopes

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Doug4.7

I thought the idea was more people are stuck together with nothing better to do.

That's what I thought the idea was, too. But, as I pointed out, people in blizzards ostensibly use birth control, right? Why are they then more likely to conceive kids?