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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 15:08:35 GMT -5
Yeah, jokes aside, this is pretty awful. We’re watching history go up in flames. My brother thought the spire collapse looked cool, but he's got a car-crash mentality. In reality, we're talking about Gothic architecture from an era where people had to develop the means to support massive columns and towering antechambers all over again being lost to the annals of time. And unlike, say, 1 World Trade Center, you can't just rebuild it easily. The closest thing in reference right now is the Sagrada Familia, and that structure won't be fully completed for at least another 14 years.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 15, 2019 15:10:20 GMT -5
Fire Chief quoted as saying they aren't certain they can prevent the fire from spreading to the South tower, and the North tower is in danger of collapse.
Focus is on preventing that collapse, and protecting the artwork at the back of the cathedral
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Post by salz4life on Apr 15, 2019 15:19:12 GMT -5
As someone who appreciates history..... I absolutely hate this!
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Post by ayumidah on Apr 15, 2019 15:19:23 GMT -5
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Post by ERON on Apr 15, 2019 15:26:28 GMT -5
To anyone who appreciates history, culture, art, or architecture, this is an immense tragedy. My heart goes out to the people of Paris.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 15:31:26 GMT -5
The top view really just makes you shudder with how much devastation you're really seeing.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 15, 2019 15:31:47 GMT -5
To anyone who appreciates history, culture, art, or architecture, this is an immense tragedy. My heart goes out to the people of Paris. And this is also the most toured place in Paris (more than the Eiffel Tower). So much is being lost, despite stuff being saved.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 15, 2019 15:56:37 GMT -5
Mayor of Paris has said that everyone living around the Cathedral have been evacuated in case of collapse.
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Post by lionheart21 on Apr 15, 2019 15:57:49 GMT -5
The top view really just makes you shudder with how much devastation you're really seeing. Holy shit...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 15:59:59 GMT -5
Some rumblings going around, though not seen any confirmation myself yet, that the towers have been saved but that a firefighter was severely burned.
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Post by ayumidah on Apr 15, 2019 16:02:36 GMT -5
Some rumblings going around, though not seen any confirmation myself yet, that the towers have been saved but that a firefighter was severely burned.
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Post by ayumidah on Apr 15, 2019 16:09:26 GMT -5
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 15, 2019 16:10:11 GMT -5
I'm shocked and relieved the towers didn't collapse....it felt like an inevitability.
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Post by Cyno on Apr 15, 2019 16:17:34 GMT -5
Everyone should give a round of applause to the Paris Fire Department for everything they did to prevent even worse damage.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Apr 15, 2019 16:18:08 GMT -5
Appreciate now what you got whilst it's still around.. Cause you never know what the future holds.
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Post by ayumidah on Apr 15, 2019 16:25:30 GMT -5
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Apr 15, 2019 16:25:39 GMT -5
Sad to see that it happened. I am glad the towers where saved from collapsing. So must history involved and hard to watch the news and seeing it burn.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Apr 15, 2019 16:46:02 GMT -5
Just terrible, I went there about 14 years ago really amazing cathedral. So sad to see it up in flames like this.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Apr 15, 2019 16:46:54 GMT -5
The top view really just makes you shudder with how much devastation you're really seeing. Man, an extremely old cathedral just completely gutted by fire.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 15, 2019 16:57:38 GMT -5
The top view really just makes you shudder with how much devastation you're really seeing. Man, an extremely old cathedral just completely gutted by fire. Yeah, while it is great that they got a lot of artwork out, anything that couldn't be moved is probably gone. The windows, frescoes, the organ, etc.
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