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Paris races to save Notre-Dame Cathedral as fire destroys steeple
AFP ^ | 15 Apr 2019 | Staff

Posted on 04/15/2019 2:36:08 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Right the fire will destroy them much better


21 posted on 04/15/2019 3:07:57 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red Badger

given the unending burning of churches this year
by Islamic terrorists (friends of Macron)
the FRENCH obviously KNEW it was coming, not
to mention that it was specifically targeted
at least twice.


22 posted on 04/15/2019 3:09:39 PM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

So inadequate fire suppression systems let alone lack of simple WATER and scaffolding made out of wood. The workers were probably third rate. How can a society not adequately protect an iconic building unless the society is slowly rotting away and is losing its identity and priorities? Let’s not forget the Muslim questions.


23 posted on 04/15/2019 3:10:06 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: colorado tanker

They often us helicopters. It could pinpoint drop water


24 posted on 04/15/2019 3:11:58 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red Badger

Where is Macron ?


25 posted on 04/15/2019 3:13:52 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: Vaquero

That type of action might damage the stone structure.


26 posted on 04/15/2019 3:15:41 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Vaquero

Took 2 hours + too get water on it. They have Muslim Firemen ?


27 posted on 04/15/2019 3:16:54 PM PDT by carmen2017
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To: Seruzawa

It’s kind of a big deal. Nobody forced you to check in on the thread.


28 posted on 04/15/2019 3:17:23 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: shanover

Yep.


29 posted on 04/15/2019 3:17:55 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: reg45

Guaranteed the heat did heavy damage to the stone


30 posted on 04/15/2019 3:19:16 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Red Badger

“Racing”?

I’m hearing it took TWO HOURS for French firefighters to show up and start watching the fire destroy one of the most important cathedrals in all of Christendom!!!


31 posted on 04/15/2019 3:21:07 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: shanover
The workers were probably third rate.

Ability means nothing. What's important is that they are diverse.

32 posted on 04/15/2019 3:21:21 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
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To: Red Badger

Artworks can be restored, and often have been, from water damage. Much of the art on the main floor of the cathedral is carved stone, anyway, which wouldn’t be damaged.

My theory, for the little it’s worth (well, make that nothing), is that they suspected there was an accelerant, even something like phosphorous, and didn’t want to spread it. The fire fans out almost immediately as if it is following something, perhaps something spread on the framework during the restoration work or planted at various points. But if it is terrorism, the French government is surely never going to admit it, so this will remain speculation.


33 posted on 04/15/2019 3:23:14 PM PDT by livius
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To: Fresh Wind

Im sure it was the muzzies and the dip sh## macron will blame the yellow vests


34 posted on 04/15/2019 3:24:04 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: Vaquero

Indeed! Helicopters are used extensively, to catch fires when they’re small. Negligible lateral forces would be involved.


35 posted on 04/15/2019 3:27:41 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Black Agnes

Made by Pet Goat?
Reminds me of “My Pet Goat”


36 posted on 04/15/2019 3:32:34 PM PDT by MNDude (Don't be a "posted already Nazi" I am postin blind!)
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To: MNDude

That was actually my first thought too.


37 posted on 04/15/2019 3:33:04 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Macron is talking about ‘rebuilding’ NotreDame to reflect the new diversity of France.


38 posted on 04/15/2019 3:34:06 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: MNDude
Over 50 churches in France vandalized, desecrated or burnt since February. Statues of Jesus, Mary, the Apostles and Angels decapitated. Crosses pulled down, broken to pieces.

Decapitation is a theme. "He ('Issa') will break all the crosses" is a theme.

Of a particular movement, I've heard.

39 posted on 04/15/2019 3:35:51 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ( On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. - "We see well only with the heart")
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To: Fresh Wind
"The workers were probably third rate."

Au contraire. I bet the workers were Third World.

40 posted on 04/15/2019 3:38:16 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ( On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. - "We see well only with the heart")
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