They will rebuild it, but it probably will take over a decade, and the authentic wood frame and decoration is gone, you can't replace that.
Almost certainly. Not only would the stress of rapid heating and cooling caused by a fire followed by extinguishing cause the glass to shatter if it doesn't just get hot enough to melt, but old stained glass like that is bound together with lead, which will certainly have already melted and sent the glass fragments plummeting down.
A piece of France, nay a piece of human history, died today.
Police are reporting no injuries or deaths thus far
Other than the collective heartbreak felt by everyone around the world
Apparently they're managing to hold the fire to the upper parts because they're dousing the lower parts in as much water as they can.
It hurts so much to see... it gets me anxious to be honest and i'm not french. It gives me very bad thoughts and imagination in the future :\
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4NswXwWkAAWgYz.jpg:large
I don't even wanna think right now.
I'm worried about the side faces with the big rose glass. They don't look like they're being supported by much of anything
fire is such a fucking nightmare
Is it possible to carry water in my helicopter or something? Not sure if France really has that kind of equipment, but what would be the considerations for/against?
Also this got me kind of silent.
It's not like there's anything we can do. We are not french firefighters or volunteers.
I believe that to combat these fires, they try to isolate the fire and prevent it from spreading, then let it burn itself out. There was a fire in a block next to where I live and once the fire was under control, they just let it burn through a bit of grassland and trees before it died.
The only way to truly kill a fire artificially is by removing it's oxygen supply. While this is manageable in an interior fire, this fire occurred on the roof, so they don't really have any way to choke it.
It will never be the same. The technology used to build the original cathedral is impossible to use today. They'll have to use modern methods to rebuild it, essentially making it a whole new building, not even a copy. Different materials, construction methods, safety, laws, etc.
A comparison would be the Battleship Iowa - a lot of the technology used in it has been "lost", there aren't enough people alive to know how to build another, so a "new Iowa" would have to be designed from the ground up.
Horrendous to see. The craftsmanship and artistry involved to create a spiritual idealisation - it took a hundred years to build, so not even the original constructors would have seen it finished. Cultural symbols are worth more than the materials they're made of. I hope they're able to save it.
We do have this sort of equipment but it would be absurdly risky to do this. Wind conditions made erratic by fire aside, it's an area with a lot of buildings around that could be partially destroyed by water damage, and dumping water on a burning wooden structure would be just as likely to cause it collapse instantly, which would be worse than it burning slowly.
they're 100% gone
there's a community of vitraillists in france, the craft is alive and well. there's people specialised in renovating church glass, they'll be able to replace it. but the original is gone.
I imagine the water is going to do a lot of damage in of itself.
Have no info on France but these are usually relegated to forest fires due how large their area of effect it is. We are talking about moving a helicopter on top of a big fire ( which already is a complex task ) to drop hundreds of liters of water into a building ( which by the force of impact alone may collapse it ) in a city ( so going around gets even more dangerous ).
We have all in our minds the images of the soviet helicopters on Chernobyl but that happened because was a desperate measure ( only by standing on top of the reactor all the crews received high doses of radiation ) and it took the lives of four? due it.
absolutely agree, they can make a replica, but not replace it
Judging by the size and ferocity of the fire they best they can do is save as much that isn't currently burning as they can, there isn't much they can do from the ground against that and there's simply no time to arrange any kind of airborne response.
I mean, the Dresden Frauenkirche got completely destroyed at the end of ww2 and they rebuilt it entirely.
Im' pretty sure that if you dumped water on top of it, the volume of the water would not only push the fire down to the ground floor but also collapse the structure further.
I'm more curious about how the fire even started. What sort of spark could cause such catastrophe?
I feel bad for the workers. You know people will blame them to no end after this. Not everyone but you know some will harass them.
Apparently the main arch is holding strong in spite of the fire and they're now trying to maintain its integrity so as to prevent further collapse.
Correspondent on the CBS News livesteam: "It is a beautiful building, or at least was..." Geez lady.
Welp, let's see how the Vatican responds to this. Maybe a visit from the pope will give people a little reprieve from this once this fire burns out.
The fire looks really bad in the belly. The main arch seems okay
Well of course not, the original burned. What they are doing is making a close as possible copy of the original.
This is nightmare, indeed. One of the most beautiful churches (and structures) in this world, being teared apart by the fire... I have no words...
I'm a bit surprised all that scaffolding is still holding strong
There was renovating work on the roof. If you look closely you will see a bunch of scaffolding around the spire. Probably someone fucked up and the roof catched fire.
Yeah, that's understandable, I didn't mean to shit on you for being invested or anything, it's sad for me too, but I'm not really on the verge of tears, I was just curious.
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