Originally Posted by DaFace:
There's pretty much a big fire everywhere that isn't stone.
Well, that's not good. We pretty much know from that that the insides are gone. CNN is reporting that emergency crews are trying to save artwork at the back of the church.
The fire hoses are really concentrating on the south wing, based on what I'm seeing on the live cams. I'm not seeing concentration on the north tower and don't see as much smoke there as I did earlier, but maybe that's just the angle of the camera. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
This thing is hitting me quite a bit harder than I would have expected. I was in choir in college, and a majority of the friends I still keep in touch with were choir friends. Met my wife in choir even.
In 2003, we took a tour through the UK and France, and one of the things that they do at Notre Dame is allow college tours to perform a few songs there just during the day while people are visiting. For a 21-year-old kid, it was a pretty incredible experience, so seeing her up in flames is really tough.
Originally Posted by Randallflagg:
I have been to Paris 3 times over the years. Hated the damned city. But all 3 times I hit Notre Dame. Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL Church.
Sorry to see this happen - but I'm fairly certain that the Frogs WILL rebuild.
I'm not sure what rebuilding means, though. Do you reproduce the stuff that was there on the inside? We'll see how the interior survived, but I don't think a 100 percent reproduction would really be the same.
The exterior can be restored and has more or less survived other than the roof and steeple, but I'm really curious what will happen to the interior. [Reply]
