Do blizzards induce labor?

You always hear about babies that are born during natural disasters. I heard these stories, and I always thought to myself, oh those poor women. Like you don't have enough to worry about with the hurricane bearing down on you, but now this? And anyone who has seen Little House on the Prairie knows that whenever there is a pregnant pioneer woman, she will deliver during the "worst blizzard in 50 years"! (Even though her neighbor's baby was born during the "worst blizzard in 50 years" only a couple months ago.)

There does seem to be some scientific explanation for this. Drastic changes in atmospheric pressure can affect pregnant women, which is why they don't want you to fly in a plane. (That, and I think flight attendants are a little bit lazy. I mean, how hard is it to cut the damn umbilical cord? They let dad's do it all the time!) Huge drops in pressure, like one might see during tornadoes and other severe weather, might be enough to "pop the balloon", so to speak.

It's also just plain inconvenient. And babies are all about this. That's why babies are never born at 10 in the morning. That is the time when husbands, doctors and anesthesiologists are awake and alert. No good. Babies come at 3 am. During snowstorms, if they can help it. I've heard that some women stay pregnant for 14 months, just so their babies can wait for the next available snowstorm. Well, luckily my baby is due mid-March. Snowstorm season. Wish me luck...9 days to go. I'd better check the weather forecast...