Wait, I donโt think this is right. While they say itโs the Pacific Northwest in the trailer, they actually show what he knocks out:
Thatโs not the Pacific Northwest, thatโs the Western Interconnection Power Grid, and the Mexican grid, and Texas Grid.
With some change. So if we do the math preserving the 1 in 7 statistic for number of babies who will need neonatal care and add in a few factors:
Based on statistics from 2017 provided by the Kaiser Foundation, the number of babies born per year in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas is around 1,280,146, assuming this base generalizes year to year.
In British Columbia and Alberta, 100,509 babies were born in 2018.
I couldnโt get an exact number of babies born in Mexico in any given year, but the Worldpopulationreview estimates one birth every 14 seconds, so estimate 93,600 births a year.
Add that up and in any given year thereโs about 1,474,255 babies born. So if 1/7 of these are born and need a neonatal care unit, thatโs 210,607 babies born a year that need this care.
Assuming the standard 1 week as before, thatโs actually Sonic killing 4,050 babies by wiping out the power, not accounting for everyone who is intensive care in those regions.