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    Notre Dame Cathedral burning...

    Got a news text that there was a fire. Figured it was small and contained....wow. When I turned on the TV.

    Crazy

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    Did the yellow vest protestors torch it?
    Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!

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    Notre Dame Cathedral burning...

    Doubt that...but who knows.
    Main spire collapsed.

    My first time to Paris, was staying in the burbs. Took the metro to the Notre Dame stop. So it was literally the first sight I saw of Paris. Was much more impressive than I had imagined.

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    Que our resident conspiracy trolls.......

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    GOD IS MAD

    Pick your own reason why, and go with that.
    Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident

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    Horrifying. So much history going up in smoke. Looks like only the stone will be left.

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    There’s freaking firefighters up there...on the structure

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    Notre Dame Cathedral burning...

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    Quote Originally Posted by KenJongIll View Post
    There’s freaking firefighters up there...on the structure
    That's bananas. It's a building.

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    i went to go look at how many times it's been rebuilt and someone already updated the wiki

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    awful loss, huge cultural, historical icon
    but i expect it will get rebuilt faithfully to the design

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    Sounds like the museum has been spared so far.

    This is kinda disheartening

    https://twitter.com/damienrieu/statu...531479552?s=21

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    Notre Dame Cathedral burning...

    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    That's bananas. It's a building.
    Yeah, I know, but doesn’t look too friggin stable, considering where they are.

    I know one thing, I wouldn’t be in that huge crowd gathering to watch it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steepconcrete View Post
    Sounds like the museum has been spared so far.

    This is kinda disheartening

    https://twitter.com/damienrieu/statu...531479552?s=21
    Are you surprised??

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    Quote Originally Posted by KenJongIll View Post
    Yeah, I know, but doesn’t look too friggin stable, considering where they are.
    I meant it's bananas that they're up on top of it when the spire has fallen and parts of the roof have collapsed. Don't die for a building.

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    Well, 700 years is a pretty good run...

    I recommend they just raze whatever is left and put in short term rentals on the site

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    All the statues were removed 3 days ago.

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    With all of the staging it's likely some dumbass set it on fire torching part of the roof system.
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    "If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by steepconcrete View Post
    All the statues were removed 3 days ago.
    Someone knew last week it was going to go up in flames?

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    And there you go. Pretty soon, our troll will tell us all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel View Post
    With all of the staging it's likely some dumbass set it on fire torching part of the roof system.
    With all the scaffolding adding extra fuel.

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    $6.8m renovation was ongoing

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    Quote Originally Posted by steepconcrete View Post
    With all the scaffolding adding extra fuel.
    Scaffolding is steel and still standing.
    www.apriliaforum.com

    "If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?

    "I have no idea what I am talking about but would be happy to share my biased opinions as fact on the matter. "
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    "The cathedral is constructed primarily of limestone — a flammable stone — and has a roof made from wood. "

    Limestone is flammable?
    "timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel View Post
    Scaffolding is steel and still standing.
    x2
    Damn shame, throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that

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