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BREAKING: NOTRE DAME CHIEF ARCHITECT SAYS THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT
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I worked on a major rail road in maintenance. I have seen grinding equipment repair the rail head profile. The sparks fly off like water from a high pressure hose. Those showers of sparks do not ignite the creosoted ties unless some sparks manage to get into cracks of older ties and get to the center that may be rotted. The creosote is injected into the ties and may not always get to the center.
Even old solid oak would be hard to ignite unless hot embers or molten lead got to rotten parts of the wood. There would be fumes to set off smoke alarms but there not be flames for quite a while.
You ask, if the wood has a rotten core, why do the beams not collapse? On the railroad there is a bridge inspector. A bridge inspection of bridge timbers allow some degree timber rot in the center without sacrificing the timbers strength.
I have worked above beams in old buildings and encountered thick layers of dust. I wonder how thick the dust layer was on the church beams? The dust could contribute to the ignition of the wood.
I am speculating on the cause of the fire from personal experience if it was truly an accident. It is unfortunate that there is legitimate speculation that the fire was deliberately set.
Quoting: Idaho Bullwinkle Is this a cut/paste? Its written in first person but the format indicates it was copied from somewhere else. Quoting: Billy Ringo Yes. It is first person. I retired from a major railroad 3 years ago. Maybe my education in the '60s and early '70 is an indication of better writing skills than those indoctrinated in the current government school system. It is not cut and pase. I wrote this from scratch a few minutes ago. Quoting: Idaho Bullwinkle good info. And accurate. Problem is... French GOVERNMENT won't admit we are at war. Don't know what they are waiting for. If they are waiting for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and just fighting hundreds of "lone wolves" then we will die of 1000 cuts. Quoting: MissCleo " unless hot embers or molten lead got to rotten parts of the wood." I worked around molten lead in open pots. As one ton blocks melt they often pop as pockets of water are hit. Drops of lead fly and hit your arms and face. First time you think you are burnt, but it only leaves a red spot as you react and pick a spot of cold lead off your arm. Lead is an extremely poor conductor of heat. It cools almost instantly.
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