Lets the pressure right through" is basic physics, right?

That exact thing happened to me with a bookshelf! Hit something behind the plaster and the kitchen outlet died. The electrician found a wire just running sideways through the studs for no clear reason. Some of these old buildings are wired by ghosts, I swear. I still use a stud finder with a wire sensor for every single nail now.

That shop vac trick is a perfect example of how the old simple fixes are often the best ones.

Man, that's brutal. A buddy of mine runs a small smokehouse and his walk-in fridge died on a holiday weekend. He ended up renting a refrigerated truck from a rental place and parked it right out back for three days. Cost him a fortune, but it saved his whole inventory of brisket and ribs.

My old library book had a numeric borrower ID stamped inside.