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| My friend is heading for Paris next week. She's been before; I hope she saw Notre Dame on her previous trip. The fire in Paris reminded me of the 1984 York Minster fire, which happened a month before I visited England, including a trip to York. The roof of the south transept was destroyed, but the damage was nothing compared to what happened today at the cathedral in Paris. 1984 York Minster fire
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
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| NBC is reporting that the person responsible for the renovation is reporting that the organ and most of the windows have survived... Let's hope.... NBC Story  |
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| The one thing I trust the French with is their language patrimony. They have the knowledge, resources, and skills. To be clear, I trust them with their language they don't trust me with it and I don't blame them. |
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| quote: Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Well this seems to be a better outcome than I feared. Still, how horrible! Hopefully the windows and other things like that are ok.
Horrible! Things like this really get to me. I haven't seen any footage or pictures. I'm pretending I heard about this story during a commercial break and am waiting for the evening news to sit down and watch it. But if anyone wants to post pictures I'd still like to see them. I will see them soon one way or another. |
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| I was just devastated when I first saw this. So much history. I was shocked to learn that there had never been a great fire there already. Usually with these ancient structures there’s a list of several over their history. It’s going to take many, many years to rebuild this.
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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.
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| Am so happy to see that so much is still standing and saved. I never saw it but saw many beautiful cathedrals in Europe and was in awe.
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