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What happened when a Tesla came to Ekalaka, MT (montanafreepress.org)

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A Los Angeles couple, an electric vehicle and an unattended utility outlet energized the gossip mill in the 400-person eastern Montana town last week.

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[–] wjrii@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I assume if the transformer had blown the Californians would have had to work off the charges living in the little town, being hilariously angry for the first ~~act~~ month, only to come around, leave after some emotional misunderstanding, but then return just in time to save the town hall from getting bulldozed.