Hello, Houston. Do you see Envisat’s
radar image as I do? These massive
South Asia flooded regions imitate
delicate royal-blue gowns, starlit sleeves
to rival Klimt’s portrait of Emilie
Floge. Yes, those speckled patterns of dry land
among erupting waters. One could be
an ornate slipper toeing the curled bands
of the Ganges and Brahmaputra. Look
how both Calcutta and Dhaka pose as
sculpted snowdrifts—portraits from Rosing’s book
of polar landscapes…Anyhow…Best pass
word to response teams: Urgent you secure
weak levees near Pabna and Jamalpur.
Roger Armbrust
August 10, 2007
