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04-17-2019, 08:07 AM
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I just saw this as an aside. Interesting. Nero (Big Mike) fiddles (drinks wine, parties on luxurious river cruise outside of Paris) while Rome (Paris) burns. It figures... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ught-fire.html  ·  · |
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04-17-2019, 04:36 PM
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 Für Immer Verloren Poster Rank:50 Boredom + Despair Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 30,253
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Oh that's a sad sight. Though, it really could have been a lot worse, glad it wasn't.
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04-17-2019, 09:08 PM
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They used a veritable forest of oak for the timbering of the roof. Reportedly, some of the oaks used were 300-400 years old when they were cut down. I wonder how those will be replaced.  |
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04-17-2019, 11:24 PM
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I'm so glad my kids and I were able to visit there in 2017. So sad to see such a treasure burn. |
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04-18-2019, 02:39 AM
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The French timber industry is offering to lend a hand with that. The Fondation Fransylva, which is a French federation representing private timber growers in France, has already asked all its members to offer up an oak tree for Notre-Dame. “Loggers want Notre-Dame’s ‘forêt-charpente’ re-constructed with French oak trees, in keeping with the same traditions and good quality of the first builders,” Fransylva’s press release reads in French. Groupama insurance company is also offering to pay for 1,300 trees to re-build the church frame, which the company says would be 100-year-old oaks from the forests of Normandy, in keeping with the original construction. |
