algroth Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 https://twitter.com/pzf/status/1117841259157229568 This is insane. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 They're doing construction at the Cathedral; can't help but wonder if there was an accident in that process that started the fire. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-notredame-fire-idUSKCN1RR1UO Terrible news, I hope they can salvage this iconic and historically important building "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Live stream... "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 They're doing construction at the Cathedral; can't help but wonder if there was an accident in that process that started the fire. This is what the news sources I've seen have reported as the likely issue. Apparently the same happened back in March in Saint-Sulpice. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) https://twitter.com/pzf/status/1117849564612943876 The spire has just collapsed... Edited April 15, 2019 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maedhros Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) Why are the firemen unable to stop the fire? Not to criticise, just genuinly curious Edited April 15, 2019 by Maedhros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Trump's suggestion of water bombers would be funny to see carried out. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Sometimes there's not a lot firemen can do; the fire could have been far spread before they got there (or even before they got the call). If its burning particularly hot, water might not even be getting to it to try and douse it. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 ^^The weight of 3-5k gallons of water would probably crush whatever is left of the structure. 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) I've seen fires of this size continue for hours in the past, despite fireman intervention. It'll take a while. And as Gfted points out too, I reckon there's probably a pressure to try and save as much as is possible and resorting to a means that can prove even more destructive can be a complicated business. Edited April 15, 2019 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213374U Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) Why are the firemen unable to stop the fire? Not to criticise, just genuinly curious The area isn't exactly easy to access for large vehicles. Furthermore, the fire apparently started in the scaffolding over the roof, which is ~70m high. Not sure how high the ladders on the heaviest fire trucks reach, even assuming Paris firefighters have them. Putting large fires out is not easy. If the structures involved are hard to maneuver around and wooden, well... Edited April 15, 2019 by 213374U - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleArmadillo0 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I hope that the fire is stopped soon but based on how big it is I fear it will be quite a while until it is quelled. It's terrible to see a building that beautiful go up in flames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Man, I hope it was an accident, because you'd have to be a next-level ***hole to set fire to a national monument. I guess the restoration project just turned into a repair project. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I'm not huge on architectural history, but it's always a shame when something like that goes up in flames. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Apparently, they managed to save some things in the cathedral, that's something. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I guess the restoration project just turned into a repair project. By the looks of this picture, unfortunately, this looks more like it is going to be a rebuilding project: No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 "Man, I hope it was an accident, because you'd have to be a next-level ***hole to set fire to a national monument." Breitbart says it was the mooslims The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Nobody hurt? Okay. then I don't care. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) JUST IN: Paris fire department on French TV: "The structure of the cathedral will survive." https://twitter.com/pzf/status/1117894398459752448 This is good. It's something, at least. Edited April 15, 2019 by algroth 1 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Wow, that screen shot...tragic. I wonder if the stone walls will be so weakened by the heat as to be unusable. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Definitely a major tragedy. Hopefully something can be salvaged, although it'll probably take decades to rebuild. This is also why all the world's great art and architecture needs to be digitally scanned in fine detail -- who knows when some random events will take it from us. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 just 3D print a new one The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Maybe they can turn it into a rave club now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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