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    A10 THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
TODAY
TUESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
44°
LOW
39°
SATURDAY
50°
29°
Mostly cloudy
Cloudy and mild
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
46°
41° 59° in 1928
29°
24°
-9° in 1974
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
1.11" in 1904
Month to date (normal)
0.01" (0.57")
Year to date (normal)
0.01" (0.57")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.24"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Tue.
Sun
7:39am/4:48pm 7:38am/4:49pm
Moon
6:28am/3:17pm 7:31am/4:19pm
Mercury 8:35am/5:50pm 8:35am/5:55pm
Venus
6:30am/3:22pm 6:32am/3:24pm
Mars
11:44am/1:35am 11:41am/1:34am
Jupiter
8:26am/5:54pm 8:23am/5:51pm
Saturn
8:19am/5:42pm 8:15am/5:39pm
Uranus 12:04pm/1:57am 12:00pm/1:53am
New
First
Full
Last
Jan 12
Jan 20
Jan 28
Feb 4
Tonight's sky: Low southwest after sunset is
the conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
1
1
0
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Breezy in the morning;
otherwise, becoming cloudy today.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Mostly cloudy today.
Periods of rain tonight.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Mostly cloudy today.
Rain tonight. Periods of rain tomorrow.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Partly sunny this
morning, then becoming overcast.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Mostly cloudy
today. Periods of rain late tonight. Periods of
rain tomorrow.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Rather cloudy
today. Rain tonight. Pouring rain tomorrow.
SKI REPORT
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
45-45
Hoodoo Ski Area
0
56-58
Mt. Ashland
0
39-48
Mt. Bachelor
0
73-77
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
86-126
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
0
24-45
Timberline Lodge
0
102-102
Willamette Pass
0
0-36
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
0
24-36
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
30-44
Squaw Valley, CA
0
39-63
Park City Mountain, UT
0
24-27
Sun Valley, ID
0
35-42
NATIONAL WEATHER
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
43/32/0.74
Akron
42/22/0.00
Albany
25/16/0.00
Albuquerque
37/27/0.00
Anchorage
32/27/0.12
Atlanta
48/28/0.00
Atlantic City
45/31/0.00
Austin
41/39/1.08
Baltimore
50/28/0.00
Billings
42/20/0.00
Birmingham
45/31/0.00
Bismarck
41/24/0.00
Boise
39/30/0.00
Boston
41/27/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 42/28/0.00
Buffalo
33/25/0.00
Burlington, VT
28/21/0.00
Caribou, ME
28/18/0.00
Charleston, SC 56/30/0.00
Charlotte
51/24/0.00
Chattanooga
48/31/0.00
Cheyenne
31/14/Tr
Chicago
29/28/0.00
Cincinnati
37/19/0.00
Cleveland
40/23/0.00
Colorado Springs 24/18/0.09
Columbia, MO
33/26/0.00
Columbia, SC
53/27/0.00
Columbus, GA
47/29/0.00
Columbus, OH
41/21/0.00
Concord, NH
38/21/0.00
Corpus Christi
57/51/1.30
Dallas
39/36/0.13
Dayton
37/20/0.00
Denver
32/22/0.06
Des Moines
31/20/Tr
Detroit
37/22/0.00
Duluth
24/18/0.00
El Paso
43/32/0.00
Fairbanks
15/4/0.00
Fargo
32/11/0.00
Flagstaff
39/21/0.00
Grand Rapids
32/16/0.00
Green Bay
25/15/0.00
Greensboro
50/22/0.00
Harrisburg
47/31/0.00
Hartford, CT
42/24/0.00
Helena
30/10/0.00
Honolulu
76/69/0.02
Houston
41/40/1.00
Huntsville
42/30/0.00
Indianapolis
31/20/0.00
Jackson, MS
41/35/0.00
Jacksonville
56/33/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
41/24/s
37/24/c
30/22/pc
43/22/s
29/19/sf
46/37/r
47/35/s
45/28/s
46/28/s
45/34/s
44/32/r
42/27/pc
41/30/pc
40/28/s
39/29/s
37/30/c
30/25/c
25/18/pc
57/44/pc
47/35/pc
44/35/r
45/25/s
30/27/pc
37/24/c
36/26/pc
43/20/s
39/29/s
49/38/pc
47/40/r
37/23/pc
34/19/s
51/34/s
47/29/s
35/23/pc
47/23/s
38/26/pc
34/26/pc
31/20/pc
46/25/s
14/-1/pc
32/18/c
39/10/s
32/29/c
30/27/pc
45/32/pc
42/28/s
37/22/s
39/25/pc
83/68/s
46/31/pc
41/27/c
33/23/c
41/27/r
66/52/pc
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
45/42/c
71/61/c
73/59/pc
69/42/s
85/61/pc
36/13/s
72/60/s
36/34/c
66/46/r
36/22/pc
80/62/t
78/53/s
76/58/s
41/26/pc
80/68/t
49/43/sh
50/27/sh
33/22/s
81/60/t
54/47/pc
63/55/c
66/51/s
78/58/pc
78/69/pc
49/33/s
46/44/c
39/18/s
81/73/c
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/W
49/30/s
38/30/pc
35/24/pc
46/23/s
23/16/pc
53/33/pc
50/35/pc
51/30/s
48/28/pc
51/41/pc
51/28/pc
48/31/pc
40/39/c
41/28/pc
42/28/pc
34/31/pc
34/25/sf
30/17/sf
57/39/c
53/29/pc
51/26/pc
51/36/pc
36/30/pc
43/29/pc
37/31/pc
50/28/s
50/31/s
54/32/c
57/35/pc
40/28/pc
36/19/pc
52/33/pc
52/33/s
41/30/pc
53/33/s
42/29/s
34/30/pc
33/26/pc
52/23/s
4/-8/s
38/25/c
46/16/pc
35/32/pc
33/29/c
51/27/pc
44/28/pc
40/23/pc
46/38/pc
82/71/s
50/34/s
49/24/pc
40/29/pc
50/29/pc
63/46/c
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
43/39/0.83
34/24/0.00
33/13/0.00
55/37/0.00
38/19/0.00
37/23/0.00
38/27/0.00
72/48/0.00
34/23/0.00
23/15/Tr
37/34/0.00
72/49/0.00
32/27/0.00
29/16/0.00
40/30/0.00
47/38/Tr
41/29/0.00
44/28/0.00
46/37/0.00
37/29/0.00
36/26/0.00
63/37/0.00
71/49/0.00
26/24/0.00
46/30/0.00
67/40/0.00
37/21/0.00
40/24/0.00
44/28/0.00
53/26/0.00
44/26/0.00
48/24/0.00
52/30/0.00
36/21/0.00
54/34/0.00
30/28/Tr
37/22/Tr
42/40/0.83
73/44/0.00
58/43/0.00
63/37/0.00
35/20/Tr
57/33/0.00
49/40/0.12
36/30/0.00
39/30/0.00
34/20/0.00
56/42/0.00
64/30/0.00
34/26/0.00
50/34/0.00
41/28/0.00
42/36/0.00
68/51/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
41/35/r
44/29/pc
31/25/c
58/35/s
39/21/c
46/23/pc
43/25/sf
71/51/s
39/25/c
31/24/c
39/26/sf
76/67/pc
32/29/pc
34/20/pc
39/24/sf
48/39/r
40/31/s
40/29/s
50/37/pc
46/27/pc
43/25/s
74/57/pc
73/46/s
30/26/pc
42/29/s
67/40/s
39/25/c
36/23/s
42/27/s
48/34/pc
50/27/s
51/32/pc
48/31/pc
37/29/c
57/40/pc
37/28/pc
35/20/s
47/29/s
71/46/s
57/47/pc
61/44/pc
41/15/s
60/47/pc
51/48/r
39/22/s
41/36/c
40/26/pc
71/60/c
62/36/s
47/29/s
46/31/s
47/23/s
41/37/c
68/37/s
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/W
39/34/r
53/32/s
34/30/pc
57/38/s
44/26/pc
49/27/s
52/30/s
71/51/pc
46/29/pc
34/28/pc
50/31/s
79/67/c
37/30/pc
36/27/pc
49/25/pc
53/40/pc
42/30/pc
43/28/pc
49/32/c
53/26/s
45/28/s
75/55/c
71/48/s
38/29/s
45/30/pc
66/38/s
38/30/pc
38/22/pc
42/26/pc
52/28/pc
52/34/pc
55/38/pc
51/28/c
34/29/c
57/44/c
50/33/s
40/29/pc
53/33/s
70/46/s
58/50/c
62/46/c
45/19/s
59/42/c
54/46/r
43/25/s
45/42/r
51/29/s
71/55/c
65/32/s
55/30/s
49/31/pc
54/25/s
47/41/r
68/37/s
83/64/0.09
70/47/0.02
21/9/0.00
16/13/0.17
72/59/0.63
72/62/0.00
58/48/0.00
43/26/0.00
19/18/0.06
21/12/0.03
39/30/0.00
86/78/0.04
50/44/0.39
82/50/0.00
84/70/0.19
24/-2/0.08
27/3/Tr
42/24/0.00
79/75/2.75
32/19/0.16
81/63/0.00
61/46/0.40
72/49/0.00
45/30/0.00
34/23/0.01
46/41/0.27
32/27/0.00
32/31/0.10
85/64/pc
68/47/s
30/28/sn
11/5/c
75/59/t
78/69/pc
64/44/s
44/32/pc
21/11/sn
32/25/sn
41/39/c
87/76/pc
48/31/c
83/54/s
84/70/r
24/12/sf
27/13/pc
43/27/pc
81/76/sh
36/25/sn
81/67/pc
57/47/sh
78/56/s
45/37/pc
36/27/c
49/45/r
32/20/s
33/24/c
85/68/pc
70/46/pc
33/25/pc
11/6/c
76/59/pc
79/69/c
65/44/pc
44/30/r
20/17/pc
32/24/c
50/43/r
87/76/s
49/32/s
87/55/s
84/70/t
36/21/c
36/27/pc
49/34/pc
81/76/t
29/17/c
84/69/pc
59/49/pc
80/58/s
42/38/r
34/27/c
50/41/r
34/31/pc
33/30/sf
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 76°
at San Pasqual Val-
ley, CA
National low: -20°
at Daniel, WY
Precipitation: 3.20"
at Corpus Christi, TX
T-storms
Times of clouds and sun
NATIONAL
Astoria
51/50
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
52/42/0.56 51/50/r
54/46/r
La Grande
40/30/0.00 38/33/pc 41/40/r
Portland
47/42/0.12 49/47/r
57/49/r
Baker City
41/29/0.00 36/30/pc 38/36/r
La Pine
45/25/0.00 43/36/c 48/44/r
Prineville
46/32/0.00 45/39/c 48/49/r
Brookings
51/46/0.48 54/50/c 55/51/r
Medford
51/37/0.24 49/43/c 53/47/r
Redmond
50/30/0.00 47/42/c 56/48/r
Burns
37/14/0.00 36/24/pc 43/38/c
Newport
54/45/0.40 52/50/r
53/49/r
Roseburg
56/40/0.12 54/51/c 56/51/r
Eugene
55/38/0.25 52/49/r
56/52/r
North Bend
56/48/0.35 56/52/c 57/52/r
Salem
48/36/0.14 50/48/r
55/51/r
Sisters
46/26/0.04 45/39/c 54/49/r
Klamath Falls
42/26/0.01 42/34/c 44/40/r
Ontario
41/29/0.00 40/29/pc 37/37/c
The Dalles
44/38/0.01 43/40/c 52/46/r
Lakeview
41/19/0.00 41/29/c 43/38/sh
Pendleton
45/32/0.00 41/40/c 54/49/sh
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-0s
42°
25°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
Seaside
Hood
41/38
50/49
River
Rufus
Hermiston
Cannon Beach
41/38
42/39 Arlington
Hillsboro Portland 44/42
Meacham Lostine
52/50
49/47 49/47
36/33
Wasco 44/39
39/34 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
38/33
41/38
41/40
Sandy
43/40
McMinnville
52/50
Joseph
Heppner
La Grande
47/46
Maupin
Government
49/47
38/33
36/30
Camp
42/38 Condon 40/39
Union
Lincoln City
42/37
44/43
38/34
Salem
51/49
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
50/48
Madras
46/39
Albany
32/26
Newport
Baker City
43/39
46/40
Mitchell
52/50
50/48
36/30
Camp Sherman
44/37
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
45/39
47/42
50/48
Day
Prineville
52/49
34/25
Ontario
Sisters
45/39
Paulina
42/32
40/29
Florence
Eugene 45/39
40/31
Brothers
Bend
Vale
54/51
52/49
39/32
Sunriver 44/39
38/27
Nyssa
43/38
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
39/28
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
43/36
39/30
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
37/25
53/48
53/48
Fort Rock
56/51
Riley 36/24
YESTERDAY
Crescent
42/31
37/24
High: 56°
43/36
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at North Bend
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
56/51
54/51
42/32
40/28
Low: 14°
Marsh
Lake
44/31
Port Orford
38/32
44/33
at Crater Lake
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
55/51
Pass
42/29
Chiloquin
40/29
53/48
Rome
Medford
40/33
Gold Beach
49/43
43/30
55/51
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
42/29
49/42
42/34
39/25
54/50
41/29
-10s
48°
30°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
EAST: Partly to mostly
cloudy skies on Mon-
day. Some may see
a few rain and snow
showers on Monday
night.
CENTRAL: Partly
sunny skies for Mon-
day. Increasing clouds
on Monday night;
winds becoming gusty
for some.
WEST: Mostly cloudy
with periods of rain
on Monday. Rain will
continue on Monday
night and will be
heavy at times.
SUNDAY
Times of clouds and sun
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
FRIDAY
50°
34°
Breezy in the a.m.; cloudy,
brief showers
Rain at times
ALMANAC
THURSDAY
54°
33°
54°
48°
Cloudy with periods of
rain late
Rather cloudy
WEDNESDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
41/28/0.24
69/54/0.00
72/64/0.02
66/41/0.00
84/70/0.00
37/11/0.00
70/57/0.00
34/32/0.00
66/50/0.09
31/19/0.00
84/72/0.00
79/50/0.00
73/58/0.00
45/9/0.00
77/61/0.00
41/34/0.01
45/38/0.04
34/29/0.00
78/61/0.26
56/45/0.00
51/48/0.90
63/46/0.00
77/61/0.21
79/69/0.00
52/37/0.00
37/28/0.00
39/28/0.00
84/74/0.00
45/38/sh
66/51/sh
79/63/pc
71/42/pc
79/58/s
41/21/pc
74/64/pc
39/32/sn
67/45/pc
35/30/c
73/65/s
77/52/s
79/66/pc
44/26/pc
81/69/t
45/43/r
38/29/pc
37/36/sn
80/60/t
61/52/pc
59/45/sh
67/52/s
80/59/pc
79/69/pc
49/34/s
47/37/c
39/19/s
83/74/c
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
Study: Baked-in warming will blow past climate goals
“Think about the
climate system
like the Titanic.
It’s hard to turn
the ship when
you see the
icebergs.”
— Andrew Dessler,
climate scientist at
Texas A&M University
Geese fly past a smokestack
in Kansas in 2009. AP file photo
Restrictions
Continued from A1
“Those kinds of people need to be
known, publicly,” Heard said. “They
are cowards. They are bullies. They
have no right to anonymity.”
The Roseburg News-Review reported
Saturday that the group had revealed
the identity of two Douglas County
women, both senior citizens, who it said
had filed complaints with state regula-
tors about businesses that failed to com-
ply with public health guidance.
According to the newspaper’s ac-
count, when a reporter started asking
questions, the women’s names were
removed from the Citizens Against
Tyranny’s website. Prior to removal,
the website labeled the women as
“filthy traitors,” the newspaper wrote,
and the words were spattered with
red, as if to indicate blood.
The newspaper protected the wom-
en’s names out of concern for potential
harassment. One of the named women
told the paper she was shocked. “I’m
not a filthy traitor, I’m a good Ameri-
can,” she said. She reportedly had called
the state regarding workers not wearing
masks at a Safeway in Reedsport.
Heard did not respond to an email
or phone call Saturday. Brown’s office
BY SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
The amount of baked-in global warming,
from carbon pollution already in the air, is
enough to blow past international agreed upon
goals to limit climate change, a new study finds.
But it’s not game over because, while that
amount of warming may be inevitable, it can be
delayed for centuries if the world quickly stops
emitting extra greenhouse gases from the burning
of coal, oil and natural gas, the study’s authors say.
For decades, scientists have talked about so-
called “committed warming” or the increase in
future temperature based on past carbon dioxide
emissions that stay in the atmosphere for well
over a century. It’s like the distance a speeding
car travels after the brakes are applied.
But the study in the journal Nature Climate
Change, released last week, calculates that a bit
differently and now figures the carbon pollution
already put in the air will push global tempera-
tures to about 2.3 degrees Celsius (4.1 Fahren-
heit) of warming since pre-industrial times.
Previous estimates, including those accepted
by international science panels, were about a de-
gree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) less than
that amount of committed warming.
did not respond to a request for com-
ment.
The group’s goals
In his speech at the church, Heard
said people publicly identified by
Citizens Against Tyranny had to be
“heavily vetted” and said group mem-
bers were not the “pitchfork and
torches crowd.”
But he said the group’s declara-
tion, which he said was modeled on
the Declaration of Independence “in
scope and purpose,” is clear that any-
one — be they a public employee or
a private citizen — who attempts to
deprive businesses of their rights to
operate freely in violation of corona-
virus restrictions “will be held fully
accountable and will be made publicly
known for their hostile actions.”
Heard said he didn’t endorse vio-
lence or aggressive action toward those
who filed complaints, but he also re-
ferred to them as rats and “extremists”
who should “no longer be immune to
the consequences of their actions.”
He noted that people who are
scared of COVID-19 can stay home
and have groceries delivered or
brought out to them if needed.
“You never have to be exposed to us
lepers,” he added.
International climate agreements set goals of
limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahr-
enheit) since pre-industrial times, with the more
ambitious goal of limiting it to 1.5 degrees Cel-
sius (2.7 Fahrenheit) added in Paris in 2015. The
world has already warmed about 1.1 degrees
Celsius (2 Fahrenheit).
“You’ve got some ... global warming inertia
that’s going to cause the climate system to keep
warming, and that’s essentially what we’re calcu-
lating,” said study co-author Andrew Dessler, a
climate scientist at Texas A&M University. “Think
about the climate system like the Titanic. It’s hard
to turn the ship when you see the icebergs.”
Dessler and colleagues at the Lawrence Liv-
ermore National Lab and Nanjing University in
China calculated committed warming to take
into account that the world has warmed at differ-
ent rates in different places and that places that
haven’t warmed as fast are destined to catch up.
Places such as the Southern Ocean, surround-
ing Antarctica are a bit cooler, and that difference
creates low-lying clouds that reflect more sun
away from earth, keeping these places cooler. But
this situation can’t keep going indefinitely because
physics dictates that cooler locations will warm
up more and when they do, the clouds will dwin-
“We have a duty to represent all
the citizens in our elected area,
and we have a duty to uphold the
Constitution.”
— State Rep. Gary Leif, R-Roseburg,
who says he does not support the group
Citizens Against Tyranny
According to the declaration, peo-
ple who file complaints against busi-
nesses should be banned from local
businesses.
“Banned persons will be refused
service at all participating businesses
until a public apology is issued and full
monetary restitution offered, equal
to any and all damages to or costs in-
curred by the person(s) or business(es)
harmed by the above listed hostile ac-
tions!” the declaration reads.
Little official local support
Heard noted in his Friday speech
that he doesn’t have the support of the
Douglas County Commission.
He also doesn’t have the support of
John Hanlin, the county sheriff. Han-
lin told the News-Review he doesn’t
support outing public citizens. “I don’t
feel that sharing the names of indi-
dle and more heating will occur, Dessler said.
Previous studies were based on the cooler
spots staying that way, but Dessler and col-
leagues say that’s not likely.
Outside experts said the work is based on
compelling reasoning, but want more research
to show that it’s true. Breakthrough Institute
climate scientist Zeke Hausfather said the new
work fits better with climate models than obser-
vational data.
Just because the world is bound to get more
warming than international goals, that doesn’t
mean all is lost in the fight against global warm-
ing, said Dessler, who cautioned against what he
called “climate doomers.”
If the world gets to net zero carbon emissions
soon, 2 degrees of global warming could be de-
layed enough so that it won’t happen for centu-
ries, giving society time to adapt or even come
up with technological fixes, he said.
“If we don’t, we’re going to blow through (cli-
mate goals) in a few decades,” Dessler said. “It’s
really the rate of warming that makes climate
change so terrible. If we got a few degrees over
100,000 years, that would not be that big a deal.
We can deal with that. But a few degrees over
100 years is really bad.”
viduals who think or may believe that
they are reporting … violations of
law or violations of the governor’s or-
ders, I don’t believe it’s appropriate to
shame them or publish their names
for doing what they believe may be
the right thing,” Hanlin told the paper.
He added that it’s not appropriate to
publish names of people who “report
drunk drivers or who report a domes-
tic disturbance.”
Hanlin also told the paper he didn’t
like the fact the Citizens Against Tyr-
anny was demanding elected officials
sign on, calling it “coercion.”
Rep. Gary Leif, R-Roseburg, posted
his disapproval to Facebook, saying he
was “very distressed” by Heard’s “pos-
sible connection” to the group.
Heard said Friday during the video
that he helped the group’s volunteer
board write the declaration.
The Citizens Against Tyran-
ny’s webpage includes a tab labeled
“Press,” which includes only stories or
videos about Heard and his decision
to remove his mask during a special
session of the Legislature at the Capi-
tol in Salem.
One of the links is to his wife’s In-
stagram page, which shows her van-
tage point for the December speech.
Leif, the fellow Roseburg lawmaker,
said he supported Hanlin’s stance. “We
have a duty to represent all the citizens
in our elected area, and we have a duty
to uphold the Constitution.”
Leif said he has experienced
“threats from members of these ex-
treme groups.”
‘Start reading that Constitution’
The Friday event appeared to show
Heard and the Citizens Against Tyr-
anny have considerable support in
Douglas County.
Heard started his comments by say-
ing he typically shoots from the hip and
says thing he later regrets but pledged
to be “structured” and “controlled.”
The speech was tinged with calls for
religious action but also a broader call,
from Heard and Baertschiger, for col-
lective grassroots political action.
“Start reading that Constitution,”
Heard said. “Start reading that Bi-
ble. And turn off Fox News, CNN,
MSNBC, just turn them off,” he said
at one point.
At another point, he noted that the
group may be too big for its space at the
Garden Valley Church in Roseburg.
“We may go ask the county com-
missioners if we can use the fair-
grounds,” he said, a comment that
drew laughter and cheers.