The spire was undergoing renovation so I wouldn't be surprised if it spread from there. It's tragic that such a thing could happen in spite of the painstaking precautions they no doubt took.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
oh my god
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
they've been doing work on the roof for a few weeks so this is probably connected to this.
I mean, a huge stone building is not just going to burn down. but the roof looks like it'll be gone. most of the top of the church, including the big spire, is only from the mid 19th century.
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
The building can and will probably be restored but there are a lot of irreplaceable artefacts in there. Hopefully it is just the roof and it looks worse than it is, but it looks extremely bad.
― Matt DC, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
christ
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
Macron is supposed to speak on national tv in 20 minutes, maybe he's behind this
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
Another glaring attempt at deflecting attention from the indefatigable gilets jaunes.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
Bitter joshing aside, he reportedly decided to postpone his speech.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
yes it's been postponed
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
The entire framework is doomed, apparently. One side is from the 19th, the other from the 13th century. Fuck.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
this is sickening
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
It sometimes feels like there are more roofing/restoration projects that end in fires than not :-/
― StanM, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
Indeed, Glasgow School of Art... twice.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
tv is reporting that yes the whole thing may collapse
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
do we know for a fact that varg was not in the area?
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
He does live in France.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
You mean Louis Cachet.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
god, these pics from CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/world/notre-dame-cathedral-fire/index.html
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190415133935-04-notre-dame-fire-0415-exlarge-169.jpg
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
it seems the spire has already collapsed
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
yes, the flèche came down about 15 minutes ago.
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
There is yet hope for the rest of the building (and the artworks therein). Much depends on the vault, apparently.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
Do they not have drop planes or helicopters like in the American West?
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
Here is the spire collapsing
The moment #NotreDame’s spire fell pic.twitter.com/XUcr6Iob0b— Patrick Galey (@patrickgaley) April 15, 2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
the pictures and videos are magnificent tbh
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
An arsonist's wet dream, to be sure.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
So upsetting.
― suzy, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:20 (five years ago) link
I don't know if it's comforting or overwhelming to think the world is already on fire and then have something so important visibly be on fire.
― Yerac, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
the second one
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
I can smell the smoke now.
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
This is so horrific. I’ve been to Paris several times and saw the outside but didn’t go in - I always assumed it would be there to go back to. And now it’s probably gone forever if they can’t stop the fire soon.
― gyac, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
My company has an office not too far away at Place de la Madeleine and I feel just awful for all my friends there, and for all of France.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
they're now moving out the art that they can, and covering up the ones they can't, to protect from smoke damage
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
Not an eyeroll big enough
We are closely monitoring the fire at the #NotreDame Cathedral in Paris, France pic.twitter.com/APUe57lbSo— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) April 15, 2019
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
the firefighters are concentrating on keeping the walls cool, to prevent collapse
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
this fucking sucks
― call all destroyer, Monday, 15 April 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
last night i was reading a novel in which notre dame was destroyed, and was a little freaked out when i heard
now i'm just sad
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
one of my residents just told me that she and her husband had planned to go there for christmas eve this year
― gbx, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
Apparently the reason they haven't done this is because the cathedral risks collapsing under the weight of the drop.
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
I saw that. Also I was reminding that dumping cold water on hot rocks = disaster
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
This thread does a great job explaining the issues surrounding extinguishing the fire here.
After my last tweet, I got a couple DMs asking firefighting related questions about the #NotreDameFire.I -like most of you- are watching from a world away. But if you’re interested in some profession specific things I’d note/be concerned of, you can follow this thread. pic.twitter.com/golMnbYsDK— Gregg Favre (@GreggFavre) April 15, 2019
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
The idea of those extraordinary rose windows being gone is something I can't even comprehend.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
Much has already been lost forever, like the Buddhas of Bamyan or the mausoleums of Timbuktu. Or the Hanging Gardens of Babylon…
― pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
Have been dwelling on the Bamiyan buddhas alongside this, catastrophe can be natural or manufactured and it can strike anywhere and ring out for long centuries. I don't long for the return of the temple cult but would I wail and weep at the western wall? I might.
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
Or the National Museum of Brazil.
― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
A priest from Notre Dame Cathedral reports that all the art work and the holy relics contained in the cathedral has been saved.— Medievalists.net (@Medievalists) April 15, 2019
― ShariVari, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
amazing if true, but also unless you count stained glass windows etc as art i guess?
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
bbc just offered an on-screen quote of a statement by macron by translating the actual name of the church as "Our Lady Of Paris" thx bbc, helpful
the building itself is art
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
right, that was my point.
anchor people just flailing now, filling time, no idea what to say, feel slightly sorry for them. at least sky is finding people for their anchor to interview, on the bbc it's just babbling about craftsmanship and quality like they're describing a new handbag. tho lol the interviewee on sky just said it would take many "francs" to reconstruct. no doubt, no doubt
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link