Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire

tbergs
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I hope this doesn't turn out to be an arson or related to some intentional act.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/world/europe/notre-dame-fire.html
It's a hopeless situation...
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,681
    edited April 2019
    Total loss. Spire just collapsed. It's totally engulfed. So awful. :( Heartbreaking.
    Most seem to think it was from the construction/renos going on there.
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Wow, just devasting.  Hope this was not intentional.  I also heard what PJ_Soul has heard.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478
    Fuck...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478

    “It hurts to watch this. The cathedral is the symbol, the heart of Paris,” said Pierre-Eric Trimovillas, 32. The crowd gasped and cried in horror as the spire fell, Mr. Trimovillas said, adding, “Paris is beheaded.”

    Angelique de Almeida, 32, watched the fire through tears. “We are going to lose her, everything is up in flames,” she said. “We lose this, we lose Paris. It is apocalyptic. And this is the Holy Week.”

    :(

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    It’s just awful, I hope they can save the main building. And it’s fucking sad that automatically  pretty much everyone’s first thought goes to arson/terrorism... tells a lot about the world we live in  :-(
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478
    JPPJ84 said:
    It’s just awful, I hope they can save the main building. And it’s fucking sad that automatically  pretty much everyone’s first thought goes to arson/terrorism... tells a lot about the world we live in  :-(
    My first thought went to some stupid tourist doing something stupid.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,424
    It was undergoing renovation 

    Very sad to see
    Always loved to visit it
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478
    Still remember going there in 2002 with my then girlfriend. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478
    Meltdown99 said:


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    CBS News just reported that the Firefighters have turned their attention to saving the artwork...I wonder if they figure they can no longer save much of the building.

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478
    Meltdown99 said:
    CBS News just reported that the Firefighters have turned their attention to saving the artwork...I wonder if they figure they can no longer save much of the building.

    Man, to be the person having to make that call...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    CBS News just reported that the Firefighters have turned their attention to saving the artwork...I wonder if they figure they can no longer save much of the building.

    Man, to be the person having to make that call...
    I agree.  A spokesperson for the Cathedral just told CBS News that everything is burning.  Most importantly there is no loss of life.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,379
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Cried a little bit when I watched that spire go down. To any French people reading this, I'm so sorry for your loss. Yes, it's only a building, but it's a tragedy to lose such an important landmark.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,410
    Speculation is that once most of the wood is gone, a lot of the stone will start to crumble because it has been used for bracing areas that had weakened over the years. What a terrible loss.

    Yes, at least no one has been injured or killed though.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,836
    Awful. Was just talking about taking my daughter there in the next 1-3 years.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    We were planning to visit during our first European trip in the Fall. So sad.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,642
    What a bummer to see such historical beauty go down in Flames sad day ..
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