In response to "Cold summers an inconvenient truth" (Pulse, Aug. 6): Does the author believe the entire world had the coldest July ever last month? Sure, a large part of Michigan missed out on its usual sweltering temperatures, but newsflash everyone: The world is bigger than our state! For example, Camp Mabry, Texas, had its hottest July on record, averaging 89.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
The use of one month's temperature average, in a tiny part of the world, as indisputable proof that global warming is not occurring is completely ridiculous.
The other point made by this letter (that the warmest Julys came in the first half of the 20th century and the coldest came in the Second half and beyond) also proves little. Globally, there is no doubt that the average temperature of the earth increased during the 20th century.
Sometimes the big picture isn't pretty. I'd rather see an ugly "big picture" than a beautiful and misleading small fraction of the picture.
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