Full marks to them for pointing out the obvious
BREAKING: Paris landmark, Notre Dame Cathedral, is on fire!
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Full marks to them for pointing out the obvious
Would you want to re-create it, tho?
Surely part of its appeal was its great age.
"Here's the Notre Dame cathedral we built last year. It's as close as we could get to the real thing."
Let it go... build something equally impressive but different in its place.
e: Chap on the news reckons the stone structure is not really in any danger and the wooden interior is not essential to its structural integrity.
That said they were saying earlier the stone itself is reaching the end of its life...
So who knows.
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Looking at some of the pictures I'm totally gutted 
I went there in my teens and the building was the most amazing thing thing I'd seen, I do hope that it can somehow be repaired - although that will take years, if not decades, and could run into the €100's of millions..
I went there in my teens and the building was the most amazing thing thing I'd seen, I do hope that it can somehow be repaired - although that will take years, if not decades, and could run into the €100's of millions..
On French news they thought the two main towers would survive but they look likely to go.
Don
I would think they would be burnt out inside just leaving the outershell. Looks like all that’s left is the outer walls now.
Which if the fire takes too long to put out, will combine with the water damage to destroy the now weak 1000 year old stone, a bbc travel show had a guy from the notre dame trust (I assume) basically rub the stone off with his fingers.
It’s already taking too long, so I assume the (interior) stone is mostly suspect now. Even if you want to keep the building, some of it will be irreparable and need partially demolished to save the rest.
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So awful
God I bloody hate the BBC's reporting though... they were just talking to some French minister about it and asked them "So how does it make you feel seeing the cathedral on fire like that?"... Really!? Then they talked to an eyewitness and asked "Right so you saw flames, and where were the flames?" On the Cathedral obviously... FML
God I bloody hate the BBC's reporting though... they were just talking to some French minister about it and asked them "So how does it make you feel seeing the cathedral on fire like that?"... Really!? Then they talked to an eyewitness and asked "Right so you saw flames, and where were the flames?" On the Cathedral obviously... FML
Caporegime
Figured this was posted already
https://www.ft.com/content/9edc7b74...ZP0d2kn02y1MUisi5wGScltJIPXVgrMiifgSgd6fkRaI0
Notre Dame cathedral fire: Moment spire collapses after being engulfed by flames | London Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/news/wor...cathedral-spire-as-it-collapses-a4118626.html
https://www.ft.com/content/9edc7b74...ZP0d2kn02y1MUisi5wGScltJIPXVgrMiifgSgd6fkRaI0
Notre Dame cathedral fire: Moment spire collapses after being engulfed by flames | London Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/news/wor...cathedral-spire-as-it-collapses-a4118626.html
Soldato
Its probably going to end up as a pile of old stones now. Very sad indeed.
Soldato
Really sad. Hope enough of it is saved for it to be restored.
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Jesus, that's bad.
Hopefully though this can be rebuilt, a lot of buildings have been taken by fires in various parts of history and 100 years on it just adds to the character.
Hopefully though this can be rebuilt, a lot of buildings have been taken by fires in various parts of history and 100 years on it just adds to the character.
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Earlier:So awful
God I bloody hate the BBC's reporting though... they were just talking to some French minister about it and asked them "So how does it make you feel seeing the cathedral on fire like that?"... Really!? Then they talked to an eyewitness and asked "Right so you saw flames, and where were the flames?" On the Cathedral obviously... FML
Bloke on the phone> omg I've just seen the spire collapse
Carrie whatshername> we're getting reports that the spire has collapsed, can you see if that's true?
Bloke> literally just said that...
Soldato
So awful
God I bloody hate the BBC's reporting though... they were just talking to some French minister about it and asked them "So how does it make you feel seeing the cathedral on fire like that?"... Really!? Then they talked to an eyewitness and asked "Right so you saw flames, and where were the flames?" On the Cathedral obviously... FML
They just asked some guy if he could smell the smoke in the air......
Keep asking totally inappropriate questions to people who wouldn't have a clue on how to answer.
LOL, that outside source guy is hillarious.So awful
God I bloody hate the BBC's reporting though... they were just talking to some French minister about it and asked them "So how does it make you feel seeing the cathedral on fire like that?"... Really!? Then they talked to an eyewitness and asked "Right so you saw flames, and where were the flames?" On the Cathedral obviously... FML
"Can you smell the smoke? It looks like a huge fire. Can you smell it? Is there smoke?"
LOL. Quality BBC interview with a student.
Tbh none of the British or American news agencies is reporting this ‘well’.
Soldato
We don't use quite so many carved stone gargoyles these days
Grotesques. They're only gargoyles if they have a water spout.
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