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I've noticed that people have been giving a lot of credit to the fire fighters. It's clear they tried their best and risked their lives to remove the artifacts
by treis 8y ago
I've noticed that people have been giving a lot of credit to the fire fighters. It's clear they tried their best and risked their lives to remove the artifacts that they could. But it's also clear that everything that could burn did burn:
https://images.app.goo.gl/PsAzFTwaz9rRC4Qp6 https://images.app.goo.gl/PsAzFTwaz9rRC4Qp6
The entire roof is in ashes and there doesn't appear to be anything combustible left.
- matt4077 8y agoThe bell towers did start burning, and their structure is wood to a large degree. Just the bells dropping could have destroyed all horizontal structures and threatened the towers’ stability. They also literally grabbed and ran out with a lot of rather delicate cultural artifacts.
- melkiaur 8y agoYou missed the part about the trusses in the bell tower that didn't burn. If they burnt and the bells fell (13 tons for the biggest one!), then the whole building would have collapsed. They had guys in the tower, protecting that.
- organsnyder 8y agoGiven the hand they were dealt[1], I think they did a remarkable job. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/world/europe/why-notre-dame-fire-spread.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/world/europe/why-notre-da...
- organsnyder 8y agoThe organ casework looks quite combustible to me: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214621195466674&set=pcb.10214621197506725&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214621195466674&se...
- JshWright 8y agoHere are some of my thoughts (from another discussion) on the efforts of the firefighters: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19673885 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19673885