Huge fire at Notre Dame cathedral, Paris

[Crispy]

Sagrada Familia is now coming on very quickly

And, it might be added, entirely built of stone and concrete.

 

[Favelado]

Do you think they did it for the insurance?

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[Favelado]

And, it might be added, entirely built of stone and concrete.

Cash can buy anything though.

 

[vanya]

This is horrible. They should be able to restore it up to a point, rebuild the roof and make the exterior look similar to how it was but everything inside will have gone.

 

[Ponyutd]

Flames look bigger now. What a loss that is

 

[agricola]

Worth remembering that the Sagrada Familia is now coming on very quickly soley due to public donations since tourism took off in (and trashed) Barcelona. Whatever the devastation, there's going to be a fuck load of cash coming in for the reconstruction from somewhere.

There is going to have to be; this will take them decades to restore properly.

 

[campanula]

Heartbreaking.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

There is no situation, no matter how bad, that cannot be made worse with the addition of a Trump tweet....

I never quite understood the feeling on this board about Thatcher. I understand now.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Awful, was there last month, first time I’d ever been inside, was seriously impressive

 

[scifisam]

I never quite understood the feeling on this board about Thatcher. I understand now.

Twenty years from now you'll have to explain to people why everyone hated Trump.

If we're lucky.

If we're not lucky absolutely everyone will know. Although actually I suppose some people will still blame libtards and Hilary and anyone other than Trump, who is God.

 

[Wookey]

It's fucking heartbreakingly sad. Three of the best stained glass windows that humankind ever made were/are in there.

Thank fuck no deaths, no injuries, hope it stays that way.

I was cheered by one fella on LBC who reminded us that the fires at Windsor etc, and the subsequent restoration sparked a renaissance in arts and crafts that would not have happened without the disaster. If the French turn the restoration of Notre Dame into a national project, as it is state owned, it could be incredible. There are plenty of photos to go off.

 

[Favelado]

Twenty years from now you'll have to explain to people why everyone hated Trump.

If we're lucky.

If we're not lucky absolutely everyone will know. Although actually I suppose some people will still blame libtards and Hilary and anyone other than Trump, who is God.

They're nostalgic about Raygun, who could barely get a sentence out without help from Nancy, and was a figure of international derision at the time.

 

[a_chap]

 

[cupid_stunt]

850 years old, so terribly sad....

Parts of it is is 850 years old, but much has been reconstructed over the years according to an expert on France24, the spire that has collapsed was totally re-built in the mid 1800's, so I guess it can be again.

 

[weltweit]

Worth remembering that the Sagrada Familia is now coming on very quickly soley due to public donations since tourism took off in (and trashed) Barcelona. Whatever the devastation, there's going to be a fuck load of cash coming in for the reconstruction from somewhere.

Also I believe because they are now using more modern building techniques and materials than were envisaged when Gaudi designed it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Terrible news. It's always awful when an historic building catches fire, and this one looks incredibly serious.

 

[Favelado]

Also I believe because they are now using more modern building techniques and materials than were envisaged when Gaudi designed it.

Yeah but it's mainly the money. The progress they've made in the past five to ten years is incredible and correlates pretty closely with visitor numbers to the city going off the scale.

 

[T & P]

Very sad. Amazing how quickly fire can progress through a building like that. But I guess whereas stone is highly resistant to fire, all you need is the timber beams to go for the stone structure to become unstable...

 

[scifisam]

They're nostalgic about Raygun, who could barely get a sentence out without help from Nancy, and was a figure of international derision at the time.

And, suffering from dementia, as everyone could tell, but he kept on being President. With him it almost became cruel, though, wheeling him out to sign things when he wasn't really there and had no idea what was going on. Trump's a whole different vengeful bag of snakes.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

They're nostalgic about Raygun, who could barely get a sentence out without help from Nancy, and was a figure of international derision at the time.

I'm not. A lot of what's happening now started with Reagan, but that's for another thread.

 

[planetgeli]

Very sad. Amazing how quickly fire can progress through a building like that. But I guess whereas stone is highly resistant to fire, all you need is the timber beams to go for the stone structure to become unstable...

It’s not just that building, or any old building, or even wood v stone or concrete. Fire is terrifying. Have you ever seen a house go up in flames? It happens ridiculously fast.

 

[Gromit]

Was there two and half years ago.
There was a rememberence event at the time.
Very much a centre of the community as well as a tourist hub.
It's obviously a place of significance to the French national soul so my sympathies to them at this distressing time.

 

[agricola]

It's fucking heartbreakingly sad. Three of the best stained glass windows that humankind ever made were/are in there.

Thank fuck no deaths, no injuries, hope it stays that way.

I was cheered by one fella on LBC who reminded us that the fires at Windsor etc, and the subsequent restoration sparked a renaissance in arts and crafts that would not have happened without the disaster. If the French turn the restoration of Notre Dame into a national project, as it is state owned, it could be incredible. There are plenty of photos to go off.

I'd love for that to happen, though I am not sure it is likely.

Last year I went on a train trip across France, and towards the end of the trip went to visit Carcassonne. The castle itself is amazing, with a really good tour and views from the battlements which will stay with me for the rest of my life- but that was only about a third of the bit inside the walls; the rest was turned over to restaurants, tacky shops and what appeared to be some form of auditorium which have to not only support the bit people want to visit but also a huge part of the "new" town as well.

 

[a_chap]

Fire is terrifying. Have you ever seen a house go up in flames? It happens ridiculously fast.

Not wishing to derail the thread but here's an example of just how fast fire can spread:



Fire is Very Dangerous.

 

[teqniq]

I appreciate that it's a great shame but this made me laugh

 

[Calamity1971]

Just caught this on the news. Fucking hell .

 

[Ponyutd]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Reminds me a lot of Durham Cathedral - similar age too.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Awful

 

[T & P]

It’s not just that building, or any old building, or even wood v stone or concrete. Fire is terrifying. Have you ever seen a house go up in flames? It happens ridiculously fast.

And much worse in centuries-old buildings of historical interest where refurbishment work is highly restricted. I was listening on the radio earlier and they were quoting a fire prevention expert who said if a major fire broke out in the basement of The Houses of Parliament, it'd take just six minutes to reach the upper floors.