Now they keep telling us it’s not the strong winds, it’s not the heavy rains…It’s the lighter than normal rain that is playing havoc with the grid.

The brief rains that rolled through parts of the Houston area Wednesday didn’t put much of a dent in local drought conditions but it was enough to knock out power for thousands of CenterPoint Energy customers.

The rain clogged up isolated electrical equipment that had been become contaminated with dirt that normally would have been washed away by heavier rainstorms, CenterPoint Energy officials said. ~Light rain, dirt cause power failures for 18,000 around Houston | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle.

So…Just how many other, new, unexpected ways can our modern technological infrastructure fail? Anybody? Anybody?