Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral on fire - firefighters
PARIS, April 15 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday afternoon, a spokesman from the fire department said.
Smoke could be seen billowing out from the top of the medieval cathedral, as flames lept out besides its two bell towers, a Reuters witness said.
A major operation was under way, the fire department added, while a city hall spokesman said on Twitter that the area was being cleared. (Reporting by Sybille de la Hamaide and Simon Carraud, Editing by Sarah White)
I find this incredibly painful to watch. Makes me very glad that my wife and I visited when we did, because restoring the cathedral will take decades just based on the cost alone.
Rooster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:16 pm
I find this incredibly painful to watch. Makes me very glad that my wife and I visited when we did, because restoring the cathedral will take decades just based on the cost alone.
Just use aircraft to dump water on it
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Your hero
kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:05 am
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Derron wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:07 pm
You are truly one of the worst pieces of shit to ever post on this board. Start giving up your paycheck for reparations now and then you can shut the fuck up about your racist blasts.
It could be seen as a metaphor for the state of Christianity in Europe, a relic of a bygone era which ultimately is destroyed by carelessness and neglect. A thing of beauty turned into ashes from the hollowing out of its original purpose and turning it into a tourist attraction.
Rooster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:16 pm
I find this incredibly painful to watch. Makes me very glad that my wife and I visited when we did, because restoring the cathedral will take decades just based on the cost alone.
The Catholics will rebuild that bitch overnight. They will just demand another 2% of their followers income.
Derron
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I don’t think so. Notre Dame took over two centuries to build and that was with the dedicated focus to complete the task. Nowadays, the French have little discretionary income and the Catholic Church is under financial strain themselves due to internal problems long left unattended. Perhaps because it is such a significant cathedral it will be restored over time, but when that will happen, who knows? It just makes me glad to have seen it a couple of times during my life and to have shared one of those with my wife.
Kierland wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:13 pm
You are mentally ill.
Criminally
kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:05 am
I was actually going to to join in the best bets activity here at good ole T1B...The guy that runs that contest is a fucking prick
Derron wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:07 pm
You are truly one of the worst pieces of shit to ever post on this board. Start giving up your paycheck for reparations now and then you can shut the fuck up about your racist blasts.
Sudden Sam wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:17 pm
If anyone recognizes this dude, please call the Paris PD.
Better quality than most 7/11 store surveillance videos.
Dude just stop it
kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:05 am
I was actually going to to join in the best bets activity here at good ole T1B...The guy that runs that contest is a fucking prick
Derron wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:07 pm
You are truly one of the worst pieces of shit to ever post on this board. Start giving up your paycheck for reparations now and then you can shut the fuck up about your racist blasts.
As for what caused this, I suppose it could be an accident, but given the euro's tendency to even more ridiculous levels of safety than we have, it is a bit hard to believe. If this was truly an accident, it was a mind boggling level of carelessness/incompetence.
I also find it hard to believe that every inch of that place wasn't under video surveillance.
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