stevewinn Posted April 15, 2019 #51 Share Posted April 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, pallidin said: Weakening of ancient mortar due to excessive heat will essentially destroy the entire building. I thought it was just the roof that was on fire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.A.T.1961 Posted April 15, 2019 #52 Share Posted April 15, 2019 If the fire doesn't damage things the water will, tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted April 15, 2019 #53 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, stevewinn said: I thought it was just the roof that was on fire. The whole dang cathedral is basically destroyed. Hopefully, basement holdings will remain reasonably intact after the firefighters get a firm handle on the blaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted April 15, 2019 #54 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) Hate hear that. Like other great structures in our past I guess. Lets see, largest city ever ? Persian, in the ancient times, Persepolis .. down in flames by Alexander the Great, the library in Alexandria, Egypt, likely the largest library in the world even years and centuries later. Maybe others unknown too-- a shame. Hey the pyramids are still here and that’s likely because someone didn’t have larger cannons, PHEW! Edited April 15, 2019 by MWoo7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenHawk Posted April 15, 2019 #55 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, stevewinn said: I thought it was just the roof that was on fire. Anything flammable under that roof will go too. Century old wood fixtures covered by lacquer, fabrics like carpet and tapestries, oil on canvas paintings, etc. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Witness Posted April 15, 2019 #56 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I didn’t get to Paris soon enough, that is my sad lament today, after the loss itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted April 15, 2019 #57 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, RavenHawk said: Anything flammable under that roof will go too. Century old wood fixtures covered by lacquer, fabrics like carpet and tapestries, oil on canvas paintings, etc. Yeah... flammability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotic Jew Posted April 15, 2019 #58 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Just terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wistman Posted April 15, 2019 #59 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) Carvings on the back of the choir stalls. below them are the tombs of the nobles. I searched there once with a friend and found Geoffrey Plantagenet's marker (son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. We found it by his coat of arms. Edited April 15, 2019 by The Wistman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted April 15, 2019 #60 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Check out @aletimartinez’s Tweet: Could this how it started? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted April 15, 2019 #61 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, RavenHawk said: What of historical or art import is inside that part of the Cathedral? Its like Big Ben burning down. Its of national and historical significance. Did Nostradamus predict it? Edited April 15, 2019 by RabidMongoose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted April 15, 2019 #62 Share Posted April 15, 2019 If this WAS caused by the renovation, then the people responsible should be publicly executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted April 15, 2019 #63 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Wheres Jesus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenWolf Posted April 15, 2019 #64 Share Posted April 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: If this WAS caused by the renovation, then the people responsible should be publicly executed. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 15, 2019 #65 Share Posted April 15, 2019 22 minutes ago, stevewinn said: I thought it was just the roof that was on fire. It was. The roof has now collapsed inside. The wood inside had no chance once the fire reached it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenHawk Posted April 15, 2019 #66 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I don't think they will have any problems raising money for the renovation now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 15, 2019 #67 Share Posted April 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: If this WAS caused by the renovation, then the people responsible should be publicly executed. It's just an old building. Something would've destroyed it eventually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skliss Posted April 15, 2019 #68 Share Posted April 15, 2019 42 minutes ago, stevewinn said: Well, it's not beyond us to restore, repair and rebuild so it can last another 900 years. So they had a reporter on earlier whose wife is French. He said he's been thru ND several times and tour guides have said various parts took over 100 to years to complete. One section was done by several generations of one family using techniques that no one these days know how to do. It's truly a tragedy of epic proportions! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted April 15, 2019 #69 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, freetoroam said: It was. The roof has now collapsed inside. The wood inside had no chance once the fire reached it. According to the AFP, there is nothing left, roof gone, interior gone, firefighters debating pulling back as they expect the unbuttressed walls to collapse. Also, fire no accident. Apparently 3rd such church fire in Paris in the last two months. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 15, 2019 #70 Share Posted April 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: If this WAS caused by the renovation, then the people responsible should be publicly executed. Although Notre-Dame was around during the execution days,, today the French do not publicly execute people anymore Although this is a shocking event, publicly executing people would be shocking too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted April 15, 2019 #71 Share Posted April 15, 2019 17 minutes ago, The Wistman said: Carvings on the back of the choir stalls. below them are the tombs of the nobles. I searched there once with a friend and found Geoffrey Plantagenet's marker (son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. We found it by his coat of arms. That's beautiful. Mainstream news here in the US had stopped programming and gone to coverage. They said many of the statues were removed for cleaning before the renovation started and people were trying to rescue as many artifacts as they could. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 15, 2019 #72 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, stevewinn said: According to the AFP, there is nothing left, roof gone, interior gone, firefighters debating pulling back as they expect the unbuttressed walls to collapse. Also, fire no accident. Apparently 3rd such church fire in Paris in the last two months. I hope it is an accident by some careless worker. (Careless is a heck of an understatement). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted April 15, 2019 #73 Share Posted April 15, 2019 The modern scaffolding still standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 15, 2019 #74 Share Posted April 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, RavenHawk said: I don't think they will have any problems raising money for the renovation now. There is nothing left to renovate. The building took 200 years to build. They can not touch up here and there and prop up a few new beams. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted April 15, 2019 #75 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Reports one of the Bell towers now on fire? The bells, the bells 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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