I heart Paris in the Springtime

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.

the second one

I can smell the smoke now.

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.

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.

they're now moving out the art that they can, and covering up the ones they can't, to protect from smoke damage

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

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the firefighters are concentrating on keeping the walls cool, to prevent collapse

this fucking sucks

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

one of my residents just told me that she and her husband had planned to go there for christmas eve this year

Do they not have drop planes or helicopters like in the American West?

Apparently the reason they haven't done this is because the cathedral risks collapsing under the weight of the drop.

I saw that. Also I was reminding that dumping cold water on hot rocks = disaster

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

The idea of those extraordinary rose windows being gone is something I can't even comprehend.

Much has already been lost forever, like the Buddhas of Bamyan or the mausoleums of Timbuktu. Or the Hanging Gardens of Babylon…

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.

Or the National Museum of Brazil.

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

amazing if true, but also unless you count stained glass windows etc as art i guess?

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

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

They’re evacuating the Île de la Cité

The pompiers are not sure they can keep the fire from the north bell tower

Current concern is that the back of the cathedral is about to collapse

Pompiers now say they think they’ve saved the building, though it’s still far from certain.

Fingers crossed.

t/s "les pompiers" vs. "los bomberos"

bomberxs

Seeing as 'pompier' can also mean a blowjob or describe an artist with a penchant for overblown kitsch, 'bombero' doesn't stand a chance.

(The former because of, well, pumping, the latter because of pompousness.)

Les Pompiers and Los Bomberos are both such wonderfully self contained words.

Los Bomberos in Chile are all volunteer and unpaid which seems completely ridiculous.

Such an incredible building to enter. Literally breathtaking. This is a many-decades-long project if it's possible at all. Absolutely Tragic.

well, i never got there... just last night watched Agnes Varda in a rowboat along the Seine.

"The North and South rosettes are probably lost. Judging by the images, the large rosette should be intact, as well as the organ."

Inside #NotreDame. Only a small part of the vault collapsed. Interior seems relatively untouched. Alleluia! pic.twitter.com/uI47wQ6WaB

— Axel Reinaud (@areinaud) April 15, 2019

Guardian saying the north rose window survived.

Post a controversial opinion:the spire should never have been replaced back in whenever. The building was glorious without it (it was glorious with it obviously but not because of the spire).

#Breaking: Newly released pictures from inside the cathédrale Notre-Dame de #Paris. #NotreDame in #France, from this morning showing the extensive damage and the, the Rose window was spared from the fire! pic.twitter.com/jeGhM0g0VQ

— Sotiri Dimpinoudis ❁‏ (@sotiridi) April 16, 2019

welled right up at the phrase "the long now":

The fire department in Paris followed a protocol: Save the people, save the art, save the altar, save what furniture you can, then focus on the structure, in that order. They know what can be rebuilt and what can't.

— Michael ... .-.. .- ...- .. - -.-. .... (@_theek_) April 15, 2019

i mean ffs

Versailles oaks. They're ready. pic.twitter.com/QvE7LGUSW7

— Michael ... .-.. .- ...- .. - -.-. .... (@_theek_) April 15, 2019

Yeah, basically it seems it's "only" the roof that has to be rebuilt(and the spire obviously, but it was "recent" so not a big deal to replace).
I will go check how things look after work today (I work a few minutes away but was already home when it started to burn last night).

xxp I had not read this and have had to step away for a minute

already received spam asking for donations to rebuild

it featured the university of notre dame (in south bend, indiana) logo

go irish

Always respond to "go irish" with "thank you" bc i am awkward

I respond with "beat buckeyes" because of that one game in 96 but I get it

maybe it was a charitable fund to repair paul ryan

worst football club in the world sorry https://t.co/k7xUmhPAT7

— manutd23 (@manutd24) April 16, 2019