Breaking news - Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on fire

[InkaUtexas 25859]

2 minutes ago, NowThis said:

epic photo, thanks for that. 

don't the french have the bigass planes that dump the orange fire retardant? Or the water dumping helicopters? They really are slow at everything. 

Pour wine on it maybe. 

Jesus, those aircraft are not all just sitting around ready to go. Took three days to get them to Bastrop during those fires and the planes were sitting in Oklahoma. 

[Nivek 16918]

Just now, wood said:

Everyone is slow at mobilizing these aircraft, even if they happen to be in the area, which isn't likely. They aren't just sitting around everywhere. They're in areas where there are lots of forest fires.

username checks out.

[wood 11225]

Just now, thestud said:

2019 Stupid talk not going away

Heh ... yep.

[mdmost 42999]

5 minutes ago, NowThis said:

epic photo, thanks for that. 

don't the french have the bigass planes that dump the orange fire retardant? Or the water dumping helicopters? They really are slow at everything. 

Hey genius. What happens when you dump heavy amounts of water on a structure that could very easily crumb given the vast majority of the frame is already gone?

Edited April 15, 2019 by mdmost

[NowThis 931]

1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

Pour wine on it maybe. 

Jesus, those aircraft are not all just sitting around ready to go. Took three days to get them to Bastrop during those fires and the planes were sitting in Oklahoma. 

Oklahoma isn't a model of efficiency. 

[InkaUtexas 25859]

What an image. 

[phdhorn 6224]

That makes me teary-eyed.

[Trey3216 15343]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

What an image. 

Damn

[NowThis 931]

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

Hey genius. What happens when you dump heavy amounts of water on a structure that could very easily crumb given the mass majority of the frame is gone?

nah, it'll disperse on the way down dipshit. 

[InkaUtexas 25859]

might have to open a nice bottle of red in their honor tonight. 

[mdmost 42999]

1 minute ago, NowThis said:

nah, it'll disperse on the way down dipshit. 

This isn't a fucking forest where it doesn't matter what you hit or you have a wide area to spray. 

Edited April 15, 2019 by mdmost

[Laxtonto 12078]

Fuck

This is a tragedy.. Losing such of piece of iconic history is heart breaking

[hundredTT 577]

Hurts my heart seeing such an amazing place being ruined in flames. 

[Trey3216 15343]

Some of those lower levels of the scaffold look really dicey right now. 

[NowThis 931]

Just now, mdmost said:

This isn't a fucking forest where it doesn't matter what you hit or you have a wide area to spray. 

still a big fucking area, monkey cunt. 

[phdhorn 6224]

At this moment there is every fucking city official and person who can do anything mobilizing around the Duomo in Florence (and other such places).  If that one goes, I'm gonna jump from a bridge or something.

[mdmost 42999]

1 minute ago, NowThis said:

still a big fucking area, monkey cunt. 

The Jersey City Fire Chief was on ABC News saying you cannot dump water on a structure like this from a plane or helicopter and not have it completely collapse. I'll take his word over your stupid fucking ass any day. 

Edited April 15, 2019 by mdmost

[GopherRock 1765]

Sky News (the NBC video feed has switched to them) has a source claiming that the fire has gotten into one of the towers.

[wood 11225]

4 minutes ago, NowThis said:

nah, it'll disperse on the way down dipshit. 

Doesn't work that way.

[Armybrat 40822]

43 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

I don’t know I’m not there. I’m just surprised they haven’t been able to get it under control. How often do we see a massive building burn completely nowadays? Much less one of such importance. 

Remember when the Texas Capitol caught on fire 35 years ago? Kudos to AFD for saving the whole building from destruction.

A TV set in the Lieutenant Governors apartment caught on fire while his daughter was entertains a couple of guests.

that precipitated the renovation of the whole building and the subsequent construction of the underground annex.

Edited April 15, 2019 by Armybrat

[Rimbo 25911]

2 minutes ago, NowThis said:

still a big fucking area, monkey cunt. 

Are you actually holding the belief that the French, for whom this building is a national icon and a huge part of their cultural identity for nearly a thousand years, are holding back their efforts to fight this fire?

 

[Jhawk 1075]

I’m shocked the scaffolding hasn’t collapsed yet. 

[hayden_horn 11362]

man...

[gecko 1104]

Flames in one of the north towers now. Shit...

[Bama Chick 28596]

Translation of a statement from a priest at ND -

As usual, it’s breaking news and Twitter, so grain of salt and all that.

[Chad Fuck 17659]

2 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Remember when the Texas Capitol caught on fire 35 years ago? Kudos to APD for saving the whole building from destruction.

A TV set in the Lieutenant Governors apartment caught on fire while his daughter was entertains a couple of guests.

that precipitated the renovation of the whole building and the subsequent construction of the underground annex.

Can you tell us about the Great Fire of London in 1666 too?

[Trey3216 15343]

Just now, Bama Chick said:

Translation of a statement from a priest at ND -
 

 

As usual, it’s breaking news and Twitter, so grain of salt and all that.

 

I pray that's the case.  

[hayden_horn 11362]

truly heartbreaking, but some amazing images coming out:

[Jhawk 1075]

Fox said there is 54 acres of timber constructing the building. 

[Laxtonto 12078]

1 minute ago, Bama Chick said:

Translation of a statement from a priest at ND -
 

 

As usual, it’s breaking news and Twitter, so grain of salt and all that.

Please be true...

The stone and wood and be replaced and the structure rebuilt. The masterpieces contained within cannot.

 

[Chad Fuck 17659]

It'll be 100 years before they restore all that. 

 

[Texas_Rocks 346]

I’m gonna go ahead assume that a construction worker or etc has a very good idea of how this fire started. Of course I imagine they’ll be reluctant to come forward.

[Burt 4080]

2 hours ago, Dr Fear said:

 

 

Does this mean they agreed on a new pope?  Or do I have that all backward?

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

It'll be 100 years before they restore all that. 

 

Are you factoring in French worker strikes?

[Hate 20106]

I’ll echo everyone here saying this is awful. I was there in the summer of 2003. I’ve also been to a few other famous landmarks on par with Notre Dame such as the Vatican. Notre Dame was the only place that gave me goosebumps. There was nothing like walking into that building and hearing the choirs singing with all of the candles lit. It was amazing.

[Brisketexan 105060]

1 minute ago, Burt said:

Does this mean they agreed on a new pope?  Or do I have that all backward?

By the volume of smoke, I suspect that the next 1,000 popes have been selected.  Congratulations to Pope Galacticus XII, year 10,400.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19100]

Still not seeing any fire in either of the towers.  

[SydneyCarton 48054]

13 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The Jersey City Fire Chief was on ABC News saying you cannot dump water on a structure like this from a plane or helicopter and not have it completely collapse. I'll take his word over your stupid fucking ass any day. 

Ask him his thoughts about football position terminology next. 

[Bevo 13564]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Are you factoring in French worker strikes?

That would be my guess: Protesting wages is guess #1 with protesting Catholicism guess #2.

[Chad Fuck 17659]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Are you factoring in French worker strikes?

Sorry, 200 years.

[Jive Turkey 12594]

7 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

It'll be 100 years before they restore all that. 

 

it'll be like the Sagrada Familia. always being worked on.  

Edited April 15, 2019 by Jive Turkey

[Trey3216 15343]

Fire looks like it's starting to intensify again to some extent.  Also looks like the hoses are a little further away.  They're getting worried about the structure  

[Chad Fuck 17659]

Just now, Jive Turkey said:

it'll be like the Sagrada Familia.

[Trey3216 15343]

They're definitely shooting water into one of the towers now.  

[midtown 3345]

11 minutes ago, Jhawk said:

Fox said there is 54 acres of timber constructing the building. 

13000 Trees is what I read

[Doc Reeves 6434]

2 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Fire looks like it's starting to intensify again to some extent.  Also looks like the hoses are a little further away.  They're getting worried about the structure  

It’s going down, not much can be done about that now.

[InkaUtexas 25859]

6 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Still not seeing any fire in either of the towers.  

CNN Showing firefighters up in the towers. Well at least moving lights they think are firefighters. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

French Fire Dept spokesperson:  The next 1.5 hours is critical to saving the cathedral.

[Trey3216 15343]

1 minute ago, Doc Reeves said:

It’s going down, not much can be done about that now.

Yep

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