Presently it is in better condition than a couple of my purchases, but please God lets not talk about that in this thread, I'll never hear the end of it.
Gutted that they aren't seeming to get the fire under control
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BREAKING: Paris landmark, Notre Dame Cathedral, is on fire!
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Presently it is in better condition than a couple of my purchases, but please God lets not talk about that in this thread, I'll never hear the end of it.
Gutted that they aren't seeming to get the fire under control
I like that fact, I use it often.
That's how they report stuff in order to fill the time. First it will be a reporter telling you what they can see, then it will be interviewing witnesses telling you what they can see (lots of emphasis on feelings), then official statements once they have something to say, then actual experts and information after the fact.
I think the building is gone. If anything is still standing, it will be dangerously damaged. Even if they rebuild it, it won't be an ancient cathedral, it will be a modern copy of it at best. Probably better to build something new than try and copy something that we can't duplicate with ancient skills that no longer exist, or only in a few people.
I dont know I mean, I think if they can they will re-build it. Realistically once the fire is out, for safety, the options will be re-build, or demolish the rest of it. Who is going to make the call to demolish the rest of it?
Something doesn't sound right to me either.
From Macron's perspective the timing seems very convenient. This'll give him political capital to subdue the Yellow Vest movement.
They mean the main concrete structure, much of the wooden structure is gone more than likely
Who's going to find thousands of artisans to spend a hundred years rebuilding it for a pittance, to end up with a reproduction? If they are going to use modern building methods and materials, it will just be a copy made to look like the old building at best. If it's gone to the ground, they might just do something new like when the Twin Towers came down. There was a rebuilding, but not a copy of what was there before. That's before you think of all the artworks and historical objects that were there too.
I feel so sorry for the people that live there, see it every day, have it as a part of the skyline of the city they call home. It would be like Londoners losing Saint Paul's (again), or Big Ben. You could never get back what you've lost, even if you made a new copy. I'm not even sure if people have the taste nowadays for big expensive projects like that any more, that would have to carry on through successive governments over maybe decades.
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Dark now, have to look again in the morning.
Latest reports a few seconds ago that there may be some hope of saving the main structure.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...athedral-fire-paris-france-landmark-live-news
And one firefighter has been "seriously injured"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...athedral-fire-paris-france-landmark-live-news
And one firefighter has been "seriously injured"
Not really. Welding. Burning. Power tools. Batteries. Paints. Preservers. Plant.
All things it doesn't have normally. All causes of or contributors to fire.
It's stone not concrete, isn't it? Obviously the wood is gone, but also the main spire. It looks as shell like as Coventry Cathedral from the pictures so far. I guess it'll be a few weeks before they can say anything for sure
Sadly there's a slight flaw to his otherwise brilliant plan:Don't panic guys, trumps on the case
Top speed of Boeing 747-400 Supertanker: ~600 MPH
Distance between New York and Paris: 3,625 mi
Time for a flying water tanker to get there and put out the fire: ~6 hours
Time for the fire to destroy the cathedral: <6 hours