Top part of Eiffel Tower on fire, according to wire services.

[Ziroc]

Originally posted by Xen: I heard somewhere that the tower can strecth. On the summer it get longer and on the winter shorter. Can someone verify that?

Yep, Heat expands any conductive metal. Look at the Concorde! When it goes supersonic, the actual cabin shell expands and gets hot! [img]smile.gif[/img] Freaky, huh!

[Attalus]

Originally posted by Moiraine: They say that the fire is now over, and that nobody was hurt. The police says that it started in an electric box (? I don't know the word for that), the Mayor staff says it started in an elevator. Go figure.

Jonah Goldberg's comment on NRO: "I didn't do it!"

[TheCrimsomBlade]

I thought the damn thing was made of steel. The didn't build it out of wood did they?

[slicer15]

Originally posted by TheCrimsomBlade: I thought the damn thing was made of steel. The didn't build it out of wood did they?

LOL, it was an electric fire...

The view really is astounding. Getting to the top is a bugger, though. Argh. So many stairs...my sister and I counted them on the way up. We lost count though...understandably. Plus the little elevators and stuff make it a little hard.

[Xen]

Originally posted by Ziroc: quote: Originally posted by Xen: I heard somewhere that the tower can strecth. On the summer it get longer and on the winter shorter. Can someone verify that?

Yep, Heat expands any conductive metal. Look at the Concorde! When it goes supersonic, the actual cabin shell expands and gets hot! [img]smile.gif[/img] Freaky, huh! [/QUOTE]One of these days the Concorde`s cabin will expand to such length that will break aprat i tell ya`.

[johnny]

They better hurry up then, the Concorde is being retired in October this year.