Notre Dame Up In Smoke

Holy smoke!

 

As Jerry Lee Lewis would sing,,,, Great Balls of Fire

 

I have a hunch who might have done it lol

 

Truly sad to see such a beautiful part of history destroyed!

 

It's French for f!?&s sake. It's disposable.

 

My guess is there is a very worried French sparkie hiding somewhere in the Paris area who forgot to switch something off...

Truly a shame to see such an amazing place suffer such damage.

 

It's a really big deal over here. 3 of France's richest families have pledged over 700,000,000€. All of the major French companies like Total have pledged at least 100,000,000€.

Tonight on telly there is a version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire" raising money.

The President was on telly pledging to have it fully rebuilt within 5 yrs etc etc.

 

I don’t doubt it is a big deal but uniquely it is State, not Church, owned. The repair costs will be a rounding error in French State accounts......

 

I agree Steve, but that's what Mr Macron said, almost with tears in his eyes.

Personally whilst I think it's quite sad that this magnificent building has been so badly damaged, it doesn't bring me to tears quite the reverse. Imagine all the artisans who will be involved in putting this back together, if they can?

However there's still no engineers structural report on the condition of the two main towers and the flying buttresses.

Apparently it has been estimated that the stone structure has been subjected to temps in the region of 1,000° C !!!

 

We were in Paris last year on a family holiday and visited Notre Dame, I feel quite privileged that we managed to see it as it was.

I also visited the world trade centre in 1999, perhaps it’s the Hamburg family curse.

 

Please stay away from Durham cathedral

 

Hmmm, Cromwell had Durham Cathedral used as a POW camp after the Battle of Dunbar. Hundreds, if not thousands, died. Many of these buildings have chequered histories.

 

Will you be visiting the Houses of Parliament soon? Please?

 

So!!! you can leave it alone aswell Mr

 

Tis a shame, such a historical loss, but may be G-d is trying to tell "The Church" something about its massive wealth which is not shared with the unfortunate of The World.

 

The Catholic Church has PLENTY of money. They can well afford to rebuild it on thier own dime. They have been fleecing the public for centuries. ...J.D.

 

I agree... But as its technically owned by the French state, they have an instant get out clause. They won't pay. How do you think they keep their wealth? By making everybody else pay, one way or another.

 

Here's one for all older newcastle fans I was sent (very cruel but good )