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Notre Dame Cathedral #192353 04/15/2019 02:42 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 712 Rosemont, Pa & Lewes, De. LeeLee OP Traveler OP LeeLee Traveler Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 712 Rosemont, Pa & Lewes, De. Notre Dame Cathedral is in flames. Horrible! New Bitmap Image (2)

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral LeeLee #192354 04/15/2019 02:51 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,212 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada islandgem Traveler islandgem Traveler Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,212 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Yes, such a huge loss!

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral LeeLee #192358 04/15/2019 03:04 PM Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 933 S SammyM Traveler 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 LeeLee #192361 04/15/2019 03:21 PM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,664 Likes: 3 Vermont, North Carolina sxmmartini Traveler sxmmartini Traveler Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,664 Likes: 3 Vermont, North Carolina Very sad... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8yyiEfHIRA

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral LeeLee #192409 04/16/2019 10:37 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida! At least the building is still standing. Several people have pledged funds for rebuilding.. Carol Hill

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral LeeLee #192434 04/16/2019 01:44 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,696 Likes: 1 L LBI2SXM Traveler LBI2SXM Traveler L Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,696 Likes: 1 I read that 2 French billionaires donated 339,000,000 for repairs,

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral LBI2SXM #192442 04/16/2019 02:41 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida! That's a lot of money! Glad they are stepping up though. Carol Hill

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral LeeLee #192471 04/16/2019 07:53 PM Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 20,014 Likes: 36 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 20,014 Likes: 36 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 LBI2SXM #192484 04/16/2019 10:21 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,696 Likes: 1 L LBI2SXM Traveler LBI2SXM Traveler L Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,696 Likes: 1 Donations still pouring in, up to $700 million as of Tuesday afternoon. That is great!

Re: Notre Dame Cathedral LeeLee #192516 04/17/2019 09:18 AM Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 67 E EWortman Traveler 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 EWortman #192518 04/17/2019 09:38 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida! Correct. That's what the fire officials stated. That was a silly idea in this context. Carol Hill