[frankthetank]

This happened after the hurricanes went through Florida a few years back. I wonder if the same will happen when the masses have no jobs and nothing to do?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')enver hospitals are reporting a baby boom, which is arriving about nine months after two blizzards walloped Colorado's capital city. With roads shut down for days, couples were stuck at home and apparently cuddled up to stay warm.

[frankthetank]

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')For now, more babies may be on the way. Sky Ridge Medical Center, just south of Denver, expects a 20 percent increase in deliveries in October. One doctor at the hospital told CNN affiliate KMGH that he expects the baby boom to last for couple of more months.

"The snow stayed on the ground throughout December, January, and into February. My theory is that the cabin fever didn't set in until a little bit later," Dr. Steve Grover said.

Although the new parents and hospitals are having fun with the term blizzard babies, officials say it will be months before it can be determined whether there is any connection between the blizzards and the new arrivals.

And previous purported baby booms have been discounted after experts studied the numbers, according to The Associated Press. University of North Carolina and Duke University researchers found there were no booms after the New York City blackouts in 1965 and 1977.

But already, Denver-area businesses say they are benefiting from a boom in sales.

[Tyler_JC]

And yet fertility rates and birth rates crashed during the Great Depression.

We nearly hit replacement level in 1936! Even without legalized abortion, birth control pills, widespread condom use, general knowledge about birth control, environmentalism, etc.

I expect fertility/birth rates to fall in the coming recession as couples choose to postpone having children to match the economic realities of the situation.

Further evidence of this is the experience of the 1970s, birth rates plummeted below replacement levels but rebounded in the 1980s and 1990s as economic prospects improved.

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'A')nd previous purported baby booms have been discounted after experts studied the numbers, according to The Associated Press. University of North Carolina and Duke University researchers found there were no booms after the New York City blackouts in 1965 and 1977.

[frankthetank]

Yeah, who knows what will happen? I guess its anyone's guess. People are so fat now that its hard for them to have sex. I hope birth rates still around 2 or less, cause i really don't feel like eating my neighbor or a dog or a squirrel at my bird feeder.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'I') expect fertility/birth rates to fall in the coming recession as couples choose to postpone having children to match the economic realities of the situation.

Further evidence of this is the experience of the 1970s, birth rates plummeted below replacement levels but rebounded in the 1980s and 1990s as economic prospects improved.