{"id":16673,"date":"2016-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=16673"},"modified":"2016-12-31T21:17:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T05:17:49","slug":"july-1-2016-acoma-nm-rain-blob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/07\/01\/july-1-2016-acoma-nm-rain-blob\/","title":{"rendered":"July 1, 2016  Acoma, NM  Rain Blob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160701_3669_Acoma_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16674\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160701_3669_Acoma_NM.jpg\" alt=\"160701_3669_acoma_nm\" width=\"750\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/160701_3669_Acoma_NM.jpg 750w, 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