{"id":17114,"date":"2021-12-23T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=17114"},"modified":"2021-12-23T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:26:21","slug":"23dec2021-ocf-update-pre-holiday-catastrophes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/23dec2021-ocf-update-pre-holiday-catastrophes\/","title":{"rendered":"23DEC2021 &#8211; OCF Update &#8211; Pre-Holiday Catastrophes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the Compound we have threats and invasions on all sides.\u00a0 A critter has gotten into the basement and the heating system is staging a revolt.\u00a0 I woke up this morning to Camera Girl informing me with wide-eyed terror that she could hear footsteps in the basement.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a dropped ceiling down there and a lurker in the darkness was making its presence felt.\u00a0 I went downstairs with a flashlight, a rickety ladder, a two handed ax handle and steely 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