Blizzard Babies

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/02/06/the_class_of_78/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed4

Boston Globe
6 February 2008

The class of '78

30 years ago, epic blizzard produced babies and special memories

By Peter J. Howe

Globe Staff

As the 30th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978 arrives today, Lauren Healy, Rachel Lockhart, Amy Christensen, twin brothers Marc and Jim Kelly, and a couple of thousand other Massachusetts natives can celebrate turning 29 1/4. Or thereabouts.

Count them as Blizzard Babies, a crop of people who can be eternally grateful that Mom and Dad got cooped up during the epic storm of Feb. 6 and 7, 1978, and saw their confinement bear fruit about 40 weeks later. [...]

Baby Boom, Saskatoon

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=26519f97-a716-4288-8a2d-1d93ac418c78

Leader-Post [Regina, Saskatchewan, CA]
16 October 2007

Blizzard plays part in baby boom

Darren Bernhardt, Saskatchewan News Network

SASKATOON -- Break out the bibs, Saskatoon is in the thick of a bona fide baby boom.

Nine months earlier, of course, the city was in the throes of a blizzard that brought the city to a standstill. [...]

When It Snows, Babies Follow

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5707421,00.html

Rocky Mountain News [Denver, CO]

26 September 2007

When it snows, babies follow
Winter blizzards credited for current upsurge in births

By Betsy Lehndorff, Rocky Mountain News

The forecast for early fall: warm and sunny, with an occasional flurry of babies.

About nine months ago, the Blizzard of '06 brought Front Range communities to a halt, and apparently romance blossomed. [...]

Blizzard Baby Boom

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KMGH [Denver, CO]
27 Aug 2007

Denver Expecting Blizzard Baby Boom
Local Doctors Say The Number of Delivery's Are Up

Lisa Hidalgo, 7NEWS Meteorologist

DENVER -- Thanks to a persistent Mother Nature, local doctors say Denver's going to see a baby boom, just nine months after the blizzards of 2006. [...]