Notre Dame cathedral burning

[Mithrandir]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/15/paris-notre-dame-cathedral-on-fire-reuters.html

[madducks]

That really sucks. Hope that anyone inside escaped unharmed.

[griswold]

This is so sad....I'm so glad that I took my wife there last Sept.

She would have been crushed if she never got to see that.

[B-Fly]

I have to assume they'll restore/re-create the cathedral to the best of their ability, but still an incredible cultural loss.

[TranaGreg]

It's fortunate that we live in a time when so much is captured in so many formats (photos & other digital representations), but it's still tragic when incredible works of art, that lasted through centuries, are destroyed in one day ...

[madducks]

I have to assume they'll restore/re-create the cathedral to the best of their ability, but still an incredible cultural loss.

As the old-timers like to say, "They don't build them like they used to." I would think that they have to use steel framing to rebuild a structure of that size today. According to the article below, they originally used oak trees between 300-400 years old to build the cathedral with each individual beam being made from a single tree.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/no...rnd/index.html

[madducks]

It's fortunate that we live in a time when so much is captured in so many formats (photos & other digital representations), but it's still tragic when incredible works of art, that lasted through centuries, are destroyed in one day ...

I don't know much about stained glass windows. But, can't those windows be re-created?

[Judge Jude]

there are conflicting reports on what was and wasn't lost.

it's a terrible day, but keep the faith

[TranaGreg]

I don't know much about stained glass windows. But, can't those windows be re-created?

technically pretty much anything can be recreated; but there's something intrinsically special about original pieces like these - esp. given that they were made with 13th century tools.

edit: however - apparently these were not damaged! with all that falling debris (and in this case debris means 12x12 beams on fire), that's pretty amazing

[Judge Jude]

like I said.....

[cardboardbox]

A lot of damage but much of the structure is still there. The roof and spire were destroyed but beyond that it wasnt as bad as it first appeared it would be.

[Steve 2.0]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a4118956.html

This raises SO many questions for me.

But, being a good little atheist, I won't ask them just yet.

[Steve 2.0]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a4118956.html

This raises SO many questions for me.

But, being a good little atheist, I won't ask them just yet.

Maybe, I won't ask them at all.

[TranaGreg]

Maybe, I won't ask them at all.

seems like a steve 1.0 move.

[Steve 2.0]

seems like a steve 1.0 move.

1) Priceless "artifact" or not, isn't his life more important? Why risk his life for an inanimate object?
2) One line in the story is "God chose this Chaplain". Oh, really? Was the fire a test for this Chaplain?
3) Catholic Arena said "God bless him".........why?......can someone explain that to me AT ALL?

I guess I'll start with these 3.