Notre Dame Cathedral

davidallen

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Terrible loss... beautiful site.

My newborn son and I what a beautiful view.
 

PDT816

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May 29, 2001
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Wonder how they will rebuild it. Will they use today's technology like steel or will they try to restore it via 12th and 13th century materials?

It's a disgrace that France/Paris didn't have a emergency response plan in place to immediately deal with the fire. It and the Eifle Tower are two of the biggest terrorism targets in Europe
 
May 29, 2001
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Wonder how they will rebuild it. Will they use today's technology like steel or will they try to restore it via 12th and 13th century materials?

It's a disgrace that France/Paris didn't have a emergency response plan in place to immediately deal with the fire. It and the Eifle Tower are two of the biggest terrorism targets in Europe
Sounds like they did a helluva job fighting that fire and keeping it contained, but I know the blame game is America's #1 sport.
 

PDT816

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From what they showed live on TV live, they let it burn forever before they started putting water on it.
 

Ostatedchi

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It appears they didn’t start fighting the fire immediately. But maybe that was purposeful in order to get people out and save any artifacts that could be saved first?

Don’t know but that’s just as plausible as their inability to fight a fire.
 

Cowpoke

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May 29, 2001
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It appears they didn’t start fighting the fire immediately. But maybe that was purposeful in order to get people out and save any artifacts that could be saved first?

Don’t know but that’s just as plausible as their inability to fight a fire.

Read yesterday they had issues getting a force there quickly due to traffic.
 

PDT816

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It appears they didn’t start fighting the fire immediately. But maybe that was purposeful in order to get people out and save any artifacts that could be saved first?

Don’t know but that’s just as plausible as their inability to fight a fire.

The fire chief said they couldn't figure out how to get a stream of water that high once they got there.
 

HighStickHarry_

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Apr 21, 2006
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Article I read said this morning decades of neglect made this inevitable regardless of yesterday’s source.
 

The Duke

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May 29, 2001
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Wonder how they will rebuild it. Will they use today's technology like steel or will they try to restore it via 12th and 13th century materials?

It's a disgrace that France/Paris didn't have a emergency response plan in place to immediately deal with the fire. It and the Eifle Tower are two of the biggest terrorism targets in Europe

Finding 20 hectares of 300-400 year old French oaks.... ain’t gonna happen. There’s probably not more than a handful of oaks that age still living in the entire country.

Those trees were growing in the 700s and 800s when Charlemagne was the Holy Roman emperor. That’s what burned yesterday. History.

Id love to see them maintain timber of some type in the old world traditional gothic/medieval techniques. But who knows if we can even replicate that level of craftsmanship in today’s world?

Will be fascinating to watch. Been to Notre Dame many times and it’s a very, very special place for my wife and I...agree Paris would not be the same without it.