But we're not actually talking about changing the number or size of the holes, are we?
We're actually talking about changing the <i>statistical probability</i> that the holes are going to be larger and/or more numerous <i>at a given place at a given time than they were at the same place at the same time last year</i>
Particularly when we know that the holes vary greatly in size and number from place to place, time to time and season to season - by orders of magnitude greater than our small statistical change.
Besides we know that extreme events, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes etc etc, of various intensities, do occur in various parts of the world, and they occur often, always have and always will, so trying to pin the blame for any such event on a slight <i>statistical</i> increase in average global temperature (which itself only exists in the abstract) is simply disingenuous.
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