Notre Dame is Burning

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 04/15/2019 at 13:18 • Filed to: France, Notre Dame, Paris, News

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You had a good run, France.

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:21

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Oh shit! I visited there as a teenager. Went in a tourist and left as a tourist.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:23

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hmmm... i dont see any yellow vests

did they go black ops?

For Sweden > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 04/15/2019 at 13:24

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The fire was probably sparked by renovation work, especially that high up on the roof.  But France has had enough terrorist attacks that we shouldn’t discount malicious intent.

random001 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:27

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Someone trying to kill the hunchback again?

Ash78, voting early and often > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:27

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Probably the Huguenots. I’ve heard their sleeper cells have been laying low in Germany for a couple hundred years.

For Sweden > random001 04/15/2019 at 13:28

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That and well over a millennia of French cultural heritage .

Arrivederci > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:28

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Mostly stone, so I imagine it’ll be fine. It’s a cool touristy spot, but as far as cathedrals go in Paris, give me Sainte- Chap elle anyday.

Last year, the Catholic Church in France launched an urgent appeal for funds to save the cathedral, which was starting to crumble.

As a Catholic, it’s a little ridiculous they’d make such a plea. The Church has such an obscene amount of money/assets , they could easily afford to rebuild Notre Dame more than a few times.

random001 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:30

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I’m not happy to see this news.  I joke because I’m uncomfortable with conflict.  And fire.

vondon302 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:31

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Wow that's no small fire.

random001 > Arrivederci 04/15/2019 at 13:32

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I had the same thought when I read that, but I’m not Catholic.

For Sweden > vondon302 04/15/2019 at 13:32

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It’s bigger

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MYGNdbVeqRxw

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:33

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That’s one hell of a claim

Tripper > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:34

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Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:35

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Well, I hope fire fighters aren’t on strike

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:35

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WTF?!

boredalways > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:36

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I hope they can contain it and save it.

OPPOsaurus WRX > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:36

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o shit. thats really bad. I dont think that will buff out.  I went there with my wife (girlfriend at the time)  I think visiting that building changed her whole trip there.

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:38

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Yeah, maybe this isn’t a time for jokes, Sweden.

gettingoldercarguy > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:44

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World war 2 wasn't  kind to it either.

vondon302 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:47

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Well crap bye bye history. 

Nibby > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:49

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7:07 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:52

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This makes me sick. Just recently St. Sulpice had a small interior fire. It was quickly put out and no damage was done to the main  organ. The Cavaillé-Coll organs contained in both buildings are extremely important to the organ world. I was planning to visit both next year. I’m hoping for the best and that no significant damages are done to the Norte Dame instrument.

CaptDale - is secretly British > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:53

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Holy fuck it is basically gone

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 13:55

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So depressing :(  So much history.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:00

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Like fire

Hellfire

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > random001 04/15/2019 at 14:04

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So what do you do when there are spiders in your house or car if not decimate the whole city with fire?

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Ash78, voting early and often 04/15/2019 at 14:05

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That’s what the Lutherans want you to believe.

Or is it the Freem asons? I never can keep my conspiracies straight.

random001 > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 04/15/2019 at 14:09

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Nuke it.  From Orbit.

Shift24 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:12

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Damn, it looks like it started where the construction is. So maybe a random weld spark ? E ven so big part of history lost.

user314 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:13

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Reports are that the central spire has collapsed .

Vítor > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:13

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Although that’s very unfortunate, I rest easy knowing that this isn’t the first (nor the second, nor the third, nor the fourth) time that Notre Dame was damaged  and later restored to glory. I’m sure it will be reopened by the Paris Olympics at the very latest.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Arrivederci 04/15/2019 at 14:17

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The whole roof is wooden, and the interior and art are all flamable. This is a massive loss :(

For Sweden > user314 04/15/2019 at 14:17

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It has

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12and35 > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:17

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Just listening to the news. Apparently the roof is made out of lead. Once it gets hot it’s really hard to manage a fire like that. Shame.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:19

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Must have been a huge spider.

In all seriousness though that really sucks. There’s not much left either, the spire fell and they’ll be lucky if the walls stay standing with how intense that fire looks.

Darkbrador > CaptDale - is secretly British 04/15/2019 at 14:21

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Notre Dame of the Holy Fuck

Chariotoflove > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:32

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We went to Mass there several years back, and renovations were in progress even then. What a disaster to see all that work and the history it was meant to preserve destroyed.

Going to Mass also brought home that this is also a parish community and that there are people and lives behind the things.

Future next gen S2000 owner > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:45

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Did the  hunchback make it out?

Maxima Speed > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:46

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No no no

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 14:58

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This is incredibly sad, and a huge loss. Not for the religiosity aspect of it but because of the historical significance of the building and which ever art/artifacts may have been in there. Very curious as to the cause.

Ash78, voting early and often > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 04/15/2019 at 14:58

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Knights of Columbus! I never trusted that guy. He couldn’t even find India, then he tried to pull a Jedi Mind Trick on us. And it worked.

benn454 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/15/2019 at 14:59

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 Dammit, Frollo!

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > gettingoldercarguy 04/15/2019 at 15:15

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Actually it was. Paris was basically untouched by the war. Now other european cathedrals, thats a different story. 

facw > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 15:20

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That’s terrible. I’m sure it will be rebuilt (as was the case with numerous other great cathedrals after WWII), but it’s still a tremendous loss. Hopefully the treasury at least had a good fire suppression system and a plan to either evacuate  or fireproof the artifacts there.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Ash78, voting early and often 04/15/2019 at 15:21

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I thought those were the guys trying to assassinate the Prince of Malta?

It was the East India Company that couldn’t actually find India (because they were so technically advanced they could hide from the Brits) so they turned to the Rothschilds to convince the world otherwise and that’s how the Council of 12 secretly runs the world.

For Sweden > facw 04/15/2019 at 15:29

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Some good news: all the artwork that isn’t the building survived, miraculously.

ranwhenparked > user314 04/15/2019 at 15:48

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That is not going to be easy to rebuild at all. 

ranwhenparked > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 15:51

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This is really horrible to see, the only possible good news I can think of is that at least no one was hurt, and seeing that it was under renovation, it may be that many of the more sensitive artifacts had been removed and put in storage. Of course, the renovation work is also probably what caused this. 

facw > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/15/2019 at 15:56

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At least Sainte-Chapelle is still good:

OPPOsaurus WRX > facw 04/15/2019 at 15:57

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i have almost the exact same photo

facw > Shift24 04/15/2019 at 15:58

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Seems likely. To be frank I hope it was at least something like a welding spark and not some construction worker being careless with his cigarette.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > For Sweden 04/15/2019 at 16:19

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They probably moved a lot of it before renovation.  

gettingoldercarguy > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) 04/15/2019 at 16:43

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I thought it was hi t by a bomb.

user314 > ranwhenparked 04/16/2019 at 10:05

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As part of the restoration that had just been started (an most likely sparked the fire...), they had taken detailed 3D scans of the spires, so they’ll have that at least. They’d also removed the statues surrounding the spire, so they’ve survived .

ranwhenparked > user314 04/16/2019 at 10:11

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It does sound like a full rebuild is the plan, instead of the Berlin style of doing a new roof and calling it good enough. 

ranwhenparked > Arrivederci 04/16/2019 at 10:15

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The cathedral is actually owned by the French government, with a special provision allowing the church to use it in perpetuity.

Arrivederci > ranwhenparked 04/16/2019 at 10:51

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Honestly did not know that!

ranwhenparked > Arrivederci 04/16/2019 at 11:59

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All religious buildings that were built all or in part with public funds became government property in 1905.