um. huge loss to human history, architecture and for theists a holy place.
doesn't really seem like something to joke about.
Fire breaks out at Notre Dame cathedral, developing situation [Update: major structural collapse - Art and other Assets Saved] (See Staff Post)
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um. huge loss to human history, architecture and for theists a holy place.
doesn't really seem like something to joke about.
Seems like the spire just fell
What a tragedy. I saw it when I was much younger (didn't appreciate it then) and really wanted to see it again as an adult.
What a tragedy. I saw it when I was much younger (didn't appreciate it then) and really wanted to see it again as an adult.
Jesus christ I looked at that and thought "that's likely gonna get extinguished soon" and put it off my mind.
But wow, this looks far, far worse than I thought. All that history just up in flames. It'll be years before it gets fully restored :(
But wow, this looks far, far worse than I thought. All that history just up in flames. It'll be years before it gets fully restored :(
I haven't seen that happening. I must be ignoring all the right people.
*edit* I was wrong. Seriously, fuck them.
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It'll weaken the integrity of the roof and cause that spire to collapse inward, setting everything inside on fire. Cathedrals are pretty ornate with flammable carpeting and paintings
What would possess someone to want to make jokes at a time like this?
What wonder, the unexpressed thought. Shitty joke Hobbes. Super shitty.
It was completely bombed out after WW2 and they rebuilt it.
They'll do it again after this, but yeah it's a big loss.
A tragic loss of history :(. I hope that they can at least save the shell and rebuild. It has survived too much of history's horribleness to give in to an accidental fire.
If you decide to pick this timing, then you better fucking deliver. Unfortunately, it's not a really great joke.
Even "Notre Damn" would be funnier.
That looks so bad, watching art and history burned away :(
I hope everyone got out of there safely.
I hope everyone got out of there safely.
You would hope witnessing something like this would spark something in humanity, anything... we are capable of such amazing things and Notre dame represented that.
this is heartbreaking to watch.
this is heartbreaking to watch.
Hopefully everyone is ok and there is not secondary danger. There are tours that can take you to the top iirc, and an underground section as well so I hope people were able to evacuate in time.
Always sad to see these kinds of things, especial in touristy areas. Also a shame to see damage to such a well known and beautiful historical building.
Always sad to see these kinds of things, especial in touristy areas. Also a shame to see damage to such a well known and beautiful historical building.
Notre Dame was not bombed in WWII. You might be thinking about the Cathedral in Cologne.
