Cathedral's rebuilding must be an act of both worship and art

Cathedral's rebuilding must be an act of both worship and art
I was sure I would find an essay about Alabama, so I will write another on my own blog and tweet it to MSW, et al. What I tweeted out yesterday and sent to Maddow and the Center for Reproductive Rights made it into a segment last night, so I am going to try for two-fer and maybe a guest slot.

As to the matter at hand, I suggest the spire should be of angels dancing around the head of a pin. No one will see the details anyway. I am more concerned with the engineering questions, of which, for once, I have no answers. Primarily, if the roof had been metal, would there have been an explosion that would have taken down the walls and the bell towers as well? Would sprinklers have really helped? These are the important engineering questions. The spire is secondary.