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#192353 04/15/2019 02:42 PM
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Notre Dame Cathedral is in flames. Horrible!


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Yes, such a huge loss!




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Watching it right now ... terrible! Strange that they are not trying to control this fire with aircraft or helicopters.

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At least the building is still standing. Several people have pledged funds for rebuilding..


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I read that 2 French billionaires donated 339,000,000 for repairs,

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That's a lot of money! Glad they are stepping up though.


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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.

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Donations still pouring in, up to $700 million as of Tuesday afternoon. That is great!

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I heard the reason not to use aircraft was not to make it collapse even more.

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Correct. That's what the fire officials stated. That was a silly idea in this context.


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