Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted (edited)

We'll be staying close to there in Ile Saint Louis at the end of April.  Doesn't look like total destruction, but will be one hell of a long and expensive rebuild. 

Edited by South Austin
Posted

The artwork, tapestries, manuscripts, wood work, stained glass windows (the Rose Window) lost.....  bottles the mind.

If they don't get it under control any iron work used to hold the structure together is going to go, and then it's not a pretty outlook.

Posted

Damn I was just at Notre Dame four hours ago. I saw they had scaffolding erected all around where the fire is. I’m guessing it was flammable solvents or a short circuit or something along those lines. That is very bad news. I feel lucky to have seen it just before it burned. 

  • Like 5
Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, gecko said:

Live witness on msnbc says steeple just collapsed. Other networks not reporting that.

Cnn just reported it 

*a partial collapse

Edited by SmokeyTheBear
Posted

Tankers on a structure fire? Never heard of it being done before, but who knows? One big problem with tankers on buildings is that the falling water doesn't just instantly 'aerosolize'. Water is very heavy and could easily damage the building very badly all by itself. You also have to take into consideration the firefighters and other workers on the ground. People have been injured or even killed by water drops in forest fires.

 

  • Like 1
Posted
5 minutes ago, Johnny Chimpo said:

Damn I was just at Notre Dame four hours ago. I saw they had scaffolding erected all around where the fire is. I’m guessing it was flammable solvents or a short circuit or something along those lines. That is very bad news. I feel lucky to have seen it just before it burned. 

Hmm. Surley suspect number 1 

  • Like 7
Posted
9 minutes ago, gecko said:

That center spire is going up in flames. Have to believe it will collapse

I had to stop watching. This is so heartbreak. I lived in Paris for a year and have been in that cathedral a dozen times on the island countless.

Posted
5 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Maybe it's this particular angle, but it doesnt seem like there a lot of activity to put out the fire. Haven't seen any fire trucks, no visible water cannons. Seems strange.

This is a very big, hot, fast-burning fire. They could be holding back due to collapse concerns or other things we don;t know about.

Posted
9 minutes ago, Johnny Chimpo said:

Damn I was just at Notre Dame four hours ago. I saw they had scaffolding erected all around where the fire is. I’m guessing it was flammable solvents or a short circuit or something along those lines. That is very bad news. I feel lucky to have seen it just before it burned. 

suspect A ^^^^

Posted

Capture.png

He later said he was deleting this tweet because it was just 'hearsay'.  What would the cathedral staff actually know?

So for now it's just a coincidence that something happened on the week of Easter.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...