Just tragic...

Eagle's Eye Video · Apr 15, 2019

... it'll be decades long restoration

Notre Dame Burns

DCH · Apr 15, 2019

Words cannot express this horrific loss. The Forrest was a remarkable piece of engineering.

Fred Garvin · Apr 15, 2019

A report says that many of the priceless treasures were saved.....however the world has lost one of the most iconic structures on the planet. Not since WWII have we lost something of this magnitude. It’s an absolute tragedy.

Eagle's Eye Video · Apr 15, 2019

Hopefully they will be forward thinking enough to take advantage of the opportunity to simultaneously address, whatever degree of river level rise that will occur on the Seine, over the next 100 years or so... during the rebuilding process.

Euphered · Apr 15, 2019

At least arson was ruled out to indicate no malicious intent! Not a very bright side, but one nonetheless.

Mrgs1 · Apr 16, 2019

Fred Garvin said:
A report says that many of the priceless treasures were saved.....however the world has lost one of the most iconic structures on the planet. Not since WWII have we lost something of this magnitude. It’s an absolute tragedy.

York Minster was ravaged by fire and its determination to rebuild has striking parallels with the Notre-Dame aftermath

IT WAS a moment when the world joined Yorkshire in horrified disbelief as flames leapt from the roof of York Minster.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

biltno · Apr 16, 2019

It’s a miracle that fire wasn’t more of a loss than it was. Considering the magnitude of the structure and the flames quickly consuming old timber, they did a **** of a job getting it under control and saving what they did.

Mrgs1 · Apr 17, 2019

And the opposition were there.

DJI drones helped track and stop the Notre Dame fire

As the fire raged on, Parisian firefighters used DJI drones to track its progress.

www.theverge.com

PatR · Apr 24, 2019

Despite centuries of efforts to preserve this priceless architecture, including assuring bombers in WWII avoided the area, it was severely damaged by a common fire, something that could have occurred at any time previously.

I have to ask the obvious. How many centuries are required for someone to be forward thinking enough to recognize a massive wood structure is a tremendous fire risk and implement a fire suppression system?

Eagle's Eye Video · Apr 24, 2019

And thus begins the inevitable debate over the integrity of the restoration to the original vs. installing technology to attempt to prevent this from re-occurring... all while working within the constraints of remaining an active church, as well as a global landmark. I hold little hope of them successfully meeting a 5 year timeframe... but if it does, I'll give all credit to God for creating a miracle.

Both sides will have valid points... it'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

Rogerson · Jun 5, 2019

It's really sad, I can't even imagine how locals feel themselves

DronAirPro · Jun 5, 2019

locals feel very bad !
Everybody here believe the 5 years deadline is not realistic at all.
It is another government false promise"

Thanks to all for being concerned by this disaster!

FlushVision · Jun 7, 2019

DronAirPro said:
locals feel very bad !
Everybody here believe the 5 years deadline is not realistic at all.
It is another government false promise"

Thanks to all for being concerned by this disaster!

I don't believe it either. If they were to suggest 50 years I could believe that, but just 5 years? Wishful thinking.