MetroRail leaking electricity

So you've managed to coexist with MetroRail for nearly two years without running into the train? Congratulations. Now you might be electrocuted:

Electrical current escaping into the ground from the Metropolitan Transit Authority's light rail tracks remains a puzzle to Metro engineers. But officials of the agency say they have plugged some of the leaks and hope to find the source of the rest soon.

Houstonist was never afraid of the light rail line before — we're smart enough, after all, not to crash into enormous silver trains. But when we read this morning that the rail line is electrifying the very ground we walk on (and, by extension, bridges, lampposts, mailboxes, buildings), we reached the only possible conclusion: Metro is trying to kill us. But why? Was it the time we took the train to Reliant Stadium and didn't pay a fare? The time we didn't give up our seat to an old lady? We're really sorry!

Actually, the electricity leaks won't kill anyone, though some people worry they might corrode pipes, condits and structural steel objects near the rail line (you know, like bridges and skyscrapers). Officials say that won't happen: Structural steel is usually encased in concrete, and electrical corrosion to other metal objects "is generally quite slow."

Somehow all this doesn't make us feel quite at ease. Now we're waiting for Metro to come up with a slogan that puts the electricity leaks in a positive light ... or maybe a tie-in with the Department of Criminal Justice.