New Hampshire
New Hampshire rejects calls to secede from US, but more Republicans say it should
New Hampshire lawmakers rejected the latest push for the state to secede from the union and become an independent nation on Thursday despite a growing number of Republicans in favor of secession.
The state’s House voted against a proposed state constitutional amendment that would require the state to leave the United States if the country’s debt reached $40 trillion. It also rejected a bill that would form a committee to examine the “economic, legal and sociological aspects of New Hampshire exerting its sovereign state rights.”
If the proposed amendment had succeeded, it would have gone to voters, who would need to approve the amendment by a two-thirds majority. One in 5 voters said they would consider secession in a poll by the University of New Hampshire, according to Newsweek.
“In general, the talk of secession across the states is mostly just that, talk,” Nicholas Creel, a business law professor at Georgia College and State University, told Newsweek. “We’re in a highly polarized period where the parties are very far apart ideologically, making compromise difficult. These sorts of calls for breaking up the union are deeply unserious, supported by only those who don’t fully understand what secession would entail.”
Creel added that secession itself is against the law and would require “political violence” in order to make it happen, which he said the U.S. is not prepared for.
The vote comes as a similar movement heats up in Texas, fueled in part by the border crisis. The movement has 619,000 active members and is the third-largest party in the state, behind Republicans and Democrats, according to the Texas Nationalist Movement.
“This [border] crisis directly affects the lives of Texans right here and now, prompting our independence debate even more,” said Daniel Miller, the party’s president. “So much so that the question at hand is not if Texas will achieve independence but when.”
New Hampshire Republican state Rep. Jason Gerhard, who sponsored the latest New Hampshire amendment, said his state would have an alliance with Texas if both seceded from the union.
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“Freedom is not an abstract notion, it is a way of life, and the federal government continues to overlook the freedoms of both Texas and New Hampshire,” Gerhard wrote to the Texas Nationalist Movement in a letter Wednesday. “We believe that the shared principles, desires, and plights of Texans and Granite Staters highlight the importance of maintaining a relationship with one another. As New Hampshire makes its efforts to secure independence, it promises to strengthen the voices of both regions.”
Although discussion surrounding secession has been popping up for years, no serious attempt has been made since the Civil War.
But now, just days away, it looks like it will be white.
After the coldest weekend of the year — there were 20 below-zero wind chill temperatures on Sunday morning in the North Country, there will be a bit of a warm-up into the 20s on Monday with sunny skies and a light breeze.
Overnight, snow is expected sometime after 8 or 9 p.m. in Concord and the capital region, 10 p.m. on the Seacoast, and after 2 a.m. Tuesday in Nashua and Hillsborough, and Rockingham county communities, with temperatures in the teens. About an inch of snow is expected Monday evening.
Snow is expected to continue Tuesday through the early afternoon.
Forecasters warned of possible driving issues on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
“A light snowfall is likely on Monday night into early Tuesday, bringing slick travel conditions,” the NWS hazardous weather outlook alert stated.
Accumulations will be light — no more than 2 inches in the central and southern parts of the state.
The sun returns on Tuesday afternoon, but the evening temperatures will still be chilly in the teens.
Christmas Day will be sunny, with highs in the lower 30s during the day and in the teens overnight.
Expect similar weather on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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The library will be closing early on Tuesday, December 24, at 12pm. We will be closed Wednesday, December 25th, and will resume of normal hours on Thursday, December 26th. The CPL wishes you a happy holiday!
This press release was produced by the City of Concord. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
New Hampshire
Hypothermic hiker rescued after stranded in waist-deep snow amid wind chills near zero
Video shows helicopters searching for hikers who were reported missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook, the tallest mountain in New Zealand. Police announced on Friday, December 6, that they believe all three, including two Americans are dead.
MOUNT LAFAYETTE, N.H. – A hiker was rescued on Thursday after becoming lost and suffering from hypothermia during a solo hike in central New Hampshire.
Patrick Bittman, 28, of Portland, Maine, had embarked on a hike to see the sunrise from Mount Lafayette on Wednesday night.
Officials said Bittman came upon deep blowing snow near the summit of Little Haystack on Franconia Ridge, forcing him to come back down the mountain.
View from helicopter.
(New Hampshire Fish and Game Department / FOX Weather)
On his return, however, he became lost and ended up moving into the Dry Brook drainage, where temperatures dropped to around 20 with wind chills near zero.
After spending the night lost on the mountain, Bittman called 911 on Thursday morning. He said that his limbs were frozen, he was experiencing hypothermia and that he was no longer able to move through the snow, which was several feet deep.
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Ground crews with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and Pemi Valley Search and Rescue Team, along with an aerial crew with the Army National Guard, responded to his call.
However, they faced poor visibility from cloud cover and intermittent snow squalls over the steep terrain and thick vegetation, forcing them to adjust their approach to rescuing Bittman.
The first ground rescuers had to spend an hour bushwhacking 1,000 feet of vegetation off the trail to reach Bittman by early Thursday afternoon. By then, he was found suffering severe hypothermia and was placed in an emergency sleeping bag for shelter and given warm, dry clothes and warm fluids.
View of Bittman and medic being hoisted by the helicopter.
(New Hampshire Fish and Game Department / FOX Weather)
Two hours later, weather conditions allowed for the Army National Guard to reach Bittman with a medic. They hoisted the young man into the helicopter and then was flown to a local hospital for treatment.
“This aerial rescue saved a multi-hour carry out thru rugged terrain and is a testament as to how search and rescue works in New Hampshire with several different groups working together for a common goal,” New Hampshire Fish & Game officials said.
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