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Too late to edit, but early estimates on the repair costs are actually $8 billion. The roof that burned was called the Forest because it was made from 13,000 w
by zaroth 8y ago
Too late to edit, but early estimates on the repair costs are actually $8 billion.
The roof that burned was called the Forest because it was made from 13,000 whole oak trees (the number varies depending on source) spanning 52 acres of forest.
- fennecfoxen 8y agoApparently one of the major challenges in replacing the roof in the old style is that the typical oak used to construct it would have been ~300-400 years old and they just don't have a lot of those around anymore.
- gambiting 8y agoThen I'd be ok with replacing it with an identical "forest" made out of a modern material like carbon fibre, representing the original forest lost in the fire. Maybe we can even dedicate some area of land for oak growing so that in 300 years the trees will be ready to remake the original roof.