April 15, 20196 yr https://twitter.com/pzf/status/1117841259157229568 This is insane. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
April 15, 20196 yr 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
April 15, 20196 yr 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
April 15, 20196 yr Author 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
April 15, 20196 yr Author https://twitter.com/pzf/status/1117849564612943876 The spire has just collapsed... Edited April 15, 20196 yr by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
April 15, 20196 yr Why are the firemen unable to stop the fire? Not to criticise, just genuinly curious Edited April 15, 20196 yr by Maedhros
April 15, 20196 yr 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
April 15, 20196 yr 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
April 15, 20196 yr ^^The weight of 3-5k gallons of water would probably crush whatever is left of the structure.
April 15, 20196 yr Author 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, 20196 yr by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
April 15, 20196 yr 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, 20196 yr 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.
April 15, 20196 yr 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.
April 15, 20196 yr 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
April 15, 20196 yr I'm not huge on architectural history, but it's always a shame when something like that goes up in flames. Still gaming with my 9900k/2080ti/32 ram. One day I suppose a game may inspire me to finally upgrade. Maybe.
April 15, 20196 yr 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
April 15, 20196 yr 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.
April 15, 20196 yr "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.
April 15, 20196 yr Nobody hurt? Okay. then I don't care. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
April 15, 20196 yr Author 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, 20196 yr by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
April 15, 20196 yr Wow, that screen shot...tragic. I wonder if the stone walls will be so weakened by the heat as to be unusable.
April 15, 20196 yr Author My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
April 15, 20196 yr 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."
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