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Notre Dame Cathedral #192353 04/15/2019 02:42 PM 04/15/2019 02:42 PM
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 711 Rosemont, Pa & Lewes, De. LeeLee OP Traveler
LeeLee OP Traveler Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 711 Rosemont, Pa & Lewes, De.	Notre Dame Cathedral is in flames. Horrible! New Bitmap Image (2)

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Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LeeLee] #192354 04/15/2019 02:51 PM 04/15/2019 02:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,142 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada islandgem Traveler
islandgem Traveler Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,142 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Yes, such a huge loss!

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LeeLee] #192358 04/15/2019 03:04 PM 04/15/2019 03:04 PM
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SammyM Traveler S Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 933	Watching it right now ... terrible! Strange that they are not trying to control this fire with aircraft or helicopters.

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LeeLee] #192361 04/15/2019 03:21 PM 04/15/2019 03:21 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,491 Vermont sxmmartini Traveler
sxmmartini Traveler Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,491 Vermont	Very sad... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8yyiEfHIRA

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LeeLee] #192409 04/16/2019 10:37 AM 04/16/2019 10:37 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,721 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,721 Central Florida!	At least the building is still standing. Several people have pledged funds for rebuilding.. Carol Hill

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LeeLee] #192434 04/16/2019 01:44 PM 04/16/2019 01:44 PM
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LBI2SXM Traveler L Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,670	I read that 2 French billionaires donated 339,000,000 for repairs,

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LBI2SXM] #192442 04/16/2019 02:41 PM 04/16/2019 02:41 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,721 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,721 Central Florida!	That's a lot of money! Glad they are stepping up though. Carol Hill

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LeeLee] #192471 04/16/2019 07:53 PM 04/16/2019 07:53 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18,727 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler
SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18,727 Auburn, WA	My understanding is that the exterior had a lot of lead siding over the 800 year old wood and they had great difficulty getting water to the flames. Terrible loss.

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LBI2SXM] #192484 04/16/2019 10:21 PM 04/16/2019 10:21 PM
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LBI2SXM Traveler L Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,670	Donations still pouring in, up to $700 million as of Tuesday afternoon. That is great!

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: LeeLee] #192516 04/17/2019 09:18 AM 04/17/2019 09:18 AM
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EWortman Traveler E Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 67	I heard the reason not to use aircraft was not to make it collapse even more.

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral [Re: EWortman] #192518 04/17/2019 09:38 AM 04/17/2019 09:38 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,721 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,721 Central Florida!	Correct. That's what the fire officials stated. That was a silly idea in this context. Carol Hill

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