Notre Dame is burning.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Solwii/status/1117838050342645760?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[Zaybay]

God, this is terrible. The fire looks really large too
So much culture and history....

[PSOL]

Hopefully they can stop the flames from destroying too much of the interior. Just terrible.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The spires a goner.

[Tender Branson]

That sucks.

Did they try water helicopters already, like Trump suggested ?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The steeple is gone. Collapsed in.

[afleitch]

The steeple is gone. Collapsed in.

'Luckily' it's a 19th century replacement I think. But the roof is completely gutted.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The steeple is gone. Collapsed in.

'Luckily' it's a 19th century replacement I think. But the roof is completely gutted.

Apparently it collapsed right down on to the alter.

Thankfully this doesn’t appear to be terrorism. That’s the last thing the world needs right now.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The steeple is gone. Collapsed in.

'Luckily' it's a 19th century replacement I think. But the roof is completely gutted.

A lot of the building, particularly the interior, is/was. The 'good' news is that cathedrals are living buildings and the French state will presumably throw open the coffers to rebuild and restore what has to be. The bad news is that, being realistic, they're unlikely to do as good a job as their 19th century forebears did. Have to hope as much of the shell survives as possible. That aside the main worry has to be for the stained glass...

[President Johnson]

Holy sh***

This looks pretty terrible. What caused the fire is still unclear?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Look at the rose window there. F**k.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What caused the fire is still unclear?

It is being widely reported that the fire is linked to ongoing restoration work. If this turns out to be so, then I hope there are prosecutions.

[Tender Branson]

[President Johnson]

The God Emperor has some advise

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1117844987293487104

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Have you ever seen such an apocalyptic image? You can see the demons in the form of the ravens, circling menacingly around it.

NBC reporting no injuries. That’s a miracle.

[Tender Branson]

Have you ever seen such an apocalyptic image? You can see the demons in the form of the ravens, circling menacingly around it.

NBC reporting no injuries. That’s a miracle.

Churches have burned down all the time, because they are ... old.

No sign of the apocalypse ...

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Aww, I'm sorry about this France, please ignore our piece of totally useless shat and his stupid tweets, we love you.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Have you ever seen such an apocalyptic image? You can see the demons in the form of the ravens, circling menacingly around it.

NBC reporting no injuries. That’s a miracle.

Churches have burned down all the time, because they are ... old.

No sign of the apocalypse ...

I don’t mean that literally - we’ll not entirely at least. This event, though explainable by science, was demonic in nature. Every time a church burns, the presence of a demon is manifested. It doesn’t matter if that demon takes the form of a short circuiting electrical outlet or a sheriff’s racist son, the event itself transpired none the less.

But I admit I have an apostolic outlook on my faith.

[RogueBeaver]

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1117854975852457991

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Is the claim that laïcité would complicate such matters (as I've heard in the past regarding why the restoration efforts rely primarily on private donations) rooted in anything but urban myth?

Not familiar enough with French law to know for sure. But even if that is the case, then I'm sure exemptions can be made...

[afleitch]

Glasgow's number one historical building burned down...twice (second time during the restoration). Having said that, the first time the Mackintosh Library was gutted they were able to recover a great deal of metalwork and glasswork from the fire.

[Sestak]

Per the mayor, the focus is now no longer on suppressing the fire, but saving the art and relics that remain inside. The building may be completely gone...


Absolutely terrible. I hope they at least are successful in this.

[Tender Branson]

It should be noted that European cities experienced an insane amount of fires already, especially during the 30 Years War and WW1 + 2.

[MasterJedi]

Terrible, this happened last year to a cathedral in Milwaukee, was under renovation, people didn't have the right permits/experience to do it, lit the roof on fire somehow and ran away, gutted the place. Nothing compared to the likes of this though.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

The God Emperor has some advise

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1117844987293487104

I'm sure the men and women fighting to save this cultural treasures are well aware if the tools available to them and are conducting the heart-rending job of balancing the damage being done by the flames, the damage that will be done by the various means to try and fight it, and the need to save as much as possible. I'm equally confident Little Donnie is incapable of understanding that. Perhaps his babysitters could get him a model cathedral and some plastic aircraft to play with as a distraction, before he says something even more unfortunate?