Entire frame of Notre Dame cathedral is burning – follow live https://t.co/8zTxkQykeO pic.twitter.com/dM3nsGFArJ
— The Independent (@Independent) April 15, 2019
A BBC reporter says it’s fully engulfed and there will be nothing left.
This is agonizing.
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20 responses to “There will be nothing left”
How long before Trump says something totally obnoxious and wrong?
Oh he already has.
No words.
There’ll be nothing left of the building, but they successfully evacuated all of the art and sacred relics, which isn’t nothing.
Sickening. An incalculable loss to France and the world. Nothing should ever be built on the site but a memorial park.
Update, slightly less awful:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/paris-notre-dame-cathedral-on-fire-reuters.html
Key points:
Apparently little to no loss of art pieces, as they had been removed for the renovation or were store in unaffected parts of the cathedral.
(“Still, really bad” are my words that I meant to put at the end, not as part of the quote.)
Bruce, I respectfully couldn’t disagree more. I hope they rebuild the cathedral as close to the original as possible.
I posted when I thought it was a total loss. Yes, rebuilt or preserved as much as possible.
Macron announces it will be rebuilt:
https://mobile.twitter.com/phl43/status/1117907022417027075
OB @ 2
Seriously he said to use water bombing and ‘must act quickly’? What a crass fuckwit.
Everyone here will be delighted to know that the authentic crown of thorns that was put on Jesus during his crucifixion was not damaged in the fire.
(Although, to be honest, I actually am happy. I think these fake relics, especially older ones, have some historic interest.)
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1117924508139237376
So, a friend complained that most of “you people” (meaning who? his friends?) care more about the cathedral fire than about Catholic clergy sexually abusing children and women. I suppose someone was bound to take a “good riddance to a monument to a terrible institution” line, but really? Most of the people I talk to care very much about the sexual abuse issues. The fire almost totally destroyed a beautiful building, a landmark, an architectural masterpiece, and it all happened less than 24 hours ago. Maybe cut people some slack.
If only they had raked the cathedral more regularly. /s
@Rob, #11
Water bombing is virtually useless in fighting fires anyway (especially in this case since it would likely flatten the building). It can sometimes make sense in the early stages of a wildfire before the firefighters have set up the suppression equipment, but after that, it’s usually just ineffective and expensive.
But politicians love them because they look great on TV. US Firefighters call them CNN Drops.
So of course Trump would want them. That’s his style – the biggest and showiest is always the bestest.
There was a great Twitter response mocking Trump for implying that he knows more about fighting fires than French professional firefighters.
But Sackbut, they are French. So not American. So not as smart as an American anything. Because MAGA and We’re Number One and America the Beautiful and who cares about dammed furriners anyway?
Oh latsot, I know. Between my experience as a volunteer firefighter, a pilot with low flying experience a physical sciences education and an imagination, I can think of all to many ways water bombing a large fragile building in a built up area could go tragically wrong. That’s before it being utterly ineffective unless your aim is produce rubble. What left me spluttering was Trump being incapable of using even his imagination, let alone talking to advisors before twitting.
I did enjoy the French Government tweeting in English about the ineffectiveness of using water bombing. I wonder why they swapped to English for that tweet?