xereau Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Historic destruction underway live: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocket18 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 CBC breaking news... Tragic loss for culture overall as a whole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/notre-dame-cathedral-paris-fire-1.5098604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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inane Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I'm going to Paris friday--was going to go see this. Super sad. The spire just burned down, the whole thing is gonna be a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocket18 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 use above thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedestroyerofworlds Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Could have been caused by renovations: "The Notre-Dame cathedral, which is visited by millions of people every year, is undergoing renovations after cracks began to appear in the stone, sparking fears the structure could become unstable." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47941794?ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocket18 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) This is a massive loss for all of us, just with the art and design and such... the religion side... and the effects on humanity i'll try to stay clear of that part of it. Edited April 15, 2019 by TheRocket18 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeserker Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Nobody revolts like the French! C'est dommage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedestroyerofworlds Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 At least there is a massive amount of documentation of how it looked. Will make the rebuilding process that much easier. Sad that millions of visitors to Paris won't be able to see this landmark. Hopefully it doesn't take as long as the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site took in NYC. Somehow I don't see as much bureaucratic nonsense holding it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieBush Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 A Mona Lisa of architecture is just gone. Horrible. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ReggieBush Posted April 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, thedestroyerofworlds said: At least there is a massive amount of documentation of how it looked. Will make the rebuilding process that much easier. Sad that millions of visitors to Paris won't be able to see this landmark. Hopefully it doesn't take as long as the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site took in NYC. Somehow I don't see as much bureaucratic nonsense holding it up. You can never recreate that though. It will never be the same. Nearly 1000 year art and architecture. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I remember years ago an old rag bin just caught on fire in one of the barns. It was full of greasy rags, and ones with paint, and ones with turpentine. I was in the barn and the bin was smoking! I did my best to haul it outside, and then it just burst into flames. Don't really get the why, but it was nasty. Singed the fur on my BIG nose. I wonder, with the construction going on in the Cathedral, if something really simple like this is what started the fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionized27 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Just heard about this on the radio. Apparently there's some renovation work going on which is to blame. Hopefully Quasimodo is safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 The Donald weighs in on the fire: Such brilliant insight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhahoodlum Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Awful news. As a fan of black metal I hope it isn't arson committed by idiots who idolize Varg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generational.EP40 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, buddhahoodlum said: Awful news. As a fan of black metal I hope it isn't arson committed by idiots who idolize Varg. Looks to be the case, that or sparks caused due to welding which there hasn’t been reports of. There’s been reports of other local churches not too long ago there as well such as Saint-Sulpician Church that was set on fire but luckily only ended up being for a brief time. Satanic symbols and shattered statues: Several Catholic churches have been under attack in France https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/04/02/satanic-symbols-shattered-statues-several-catholic-churches-have-been-under-attack-france/ Edited April 15, 2019 by Generational.EP40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 35 minutes ago, goalie13 said: The Donald weighs in on the fire: Such brilliant insight. Actually this is not a bad idea. They could use a Canadian CL415 waterbomber or if they need a heavier one a Russian Beriev B200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantomex Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, aeromotacanucks said: Actually this is not a bad idea. They could use a Canadian CL415 waterbomber or if they need a heavier one a Russian Beriev B200 I'm almost certain that a water bomber is a bad idea. If you're trying to save the art and wooden architecture, you're far too late. Dropping thousands of litres of water on the remains all at once isn't going to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RUPERTKBD Posted April 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2019 33 minutes ago, goalie13 said: The Donald weighs in on the fire: Such brilliant insight. Could've been worse....he could have asked if the Hunchback got out okay..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 13 minutes ago, Fantomex said: I'm almost certain that a water bomber is a bad idea. If you're trying to save the art and wooden architecture, you're far too late. Dropping thousands of litres of water on the remains all at once isn't going to help. Not dropping directly but above it creating a cloud of moisture in order to provoke a light rain over the entire area 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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