Imagine if the French President had tweeted a message telling the American what to do when the twin towers were on fire.
He needs offing.
On the face of it President Trump is offering practical advice whereas Mrs May is offering thoughts and prayers.
Oh right. I'm sure the French fire service hadn't thought about putting water on the fire. Thanks Donald.
The fact is, you dump tons of water on a building from the air and you're likely to cause even more damage to the building. Luckily the French fire services knew that, being the professional fire fighters that they are.
It just breaks my heart. It's such an incredible building. I've only spent a few days in Paris but I made sure to spend at least an hour there just sitting and taking it in every day. I genuinely can't think of another historic building I'd have such a strong reaction to.
Imagine if the French President had tweeted a message telling the American what to do when the twin towers were on fire.
He needs offing.
On the face of it President Trump is offering practical advice whereas Mrs May is offering thoughts and prayers.
Go on then, I’ll bite.
What on earth is “practical” about flying water tankers?
As someone who experienced massive fires up close in Sonoma in 2017, he is even more clueless than that. Helicopters drop water. Most "tankers" drop fire retardant, not water. Copters can drop in specific spots. Tankers are not accurate and drop over large swaths of land to stop fire from spreading. Imagine this over Notre Dame.
From the latest photos of inside it looks like the above pictures are actually showing the structure of the roof on fire rather than the actual inside.
I am guessing they stayed open during the renovation and kept all the art there in order to keep tourist money coming in? I suspect those who made that decision might be out of a job, shortly.
Not half as bad as feared last night. Inside virtually untouched and majority of artefacts are safe. Roof, spire and windows lost but main structure survives.
Now let me see.... who would be angry enough at France and the EU to do something like this? Especially as they’ve been threatening civil disorder if they don’t get what they think was promised?
Now let me see.... who would be angry enough at France and the EU to do something like this? Especially as they’ve been threatening civil disorder if they don’t get what they think was promised?
Awful pictures. After surviving unscathed from all those Nazi bombs during WWII, it's now destroyed by fire.
Very few Nazi bombs dropped on Paris, more British and American ones, and most of both were on working-class, industrial areas. Certainly, Hitler wanted his general in charge of the city in '44 to burn it before leaving it for the advancing allies but the bloke had too much good sense and didn't.
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What on earth is “practical” about flying water tankers?
Oh right. I'm sure the French fire service hadn't thought about putting water on the fire. Thanks Donald.
The fact is, you dump tons of water on a building from the air and you're likely to cause even more damage to the building. Luckily the French fire services knew that, being the professional fire fighters that they are.
Too late mate, he's already been given the tin tack and fed to the wolves.
Hopefully means they can rebuild.