Severe storm and high-wind warnings force Memorial Stadium sheltering before gates open

To check this alert, Claude (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

• Sourceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement: no sender, agency, or branded signature identifies who issued this message.

  Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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  1. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified
  2. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature named anywhere in text.
  3. absent: No sender or agency identified in the text
  4. absent: No sender or issuing authority identified in the text.
  5. absent: No sender/authority or branded signature identified
  6. absent: No sender/authority or branded system named anywhere in the text.
  7. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified.
  8. absent: No sender, system name, or authority identified anywhere in the text.
  9. absent: No sender or authority identified
  10. absent: No sender, agency, or branded alert signature identified.
  11. absent: No issuing authority or branded alert signature identified
  12. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identifies who is issuing this.
  13. absent: No issuing authority or branded alert signature identified.
  14. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified.
  15. absent: No sender or agency identified
  16. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified in the text.
  17. absent: No sender, agency, or branded system name is given
  18. absent: No sender signature, agency, or institution named in the text.
  19. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified.
  20. absent: No sender identified, no agency or branded signature named.
  21. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified in text.
  22. absent: No sender, agency, or branded alert name given.
  23. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified.
  24. absent: No sender or authority identified
  25. absent: No sender name, agency, or branded signature identified.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement that 'Lightning has been detected' names a specific hazard.

  What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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  1. present: 'Lightning has been detected'
  2. present: Lightning detected near stadium named.
  3. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard
  4. present: States 'Lightning has been detected'.
  5. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard
  6. present: 'Lightning has been detected'.
  7. present: Names 'Lightning'.
  8. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard.
  9. present: 'Lightning has been detected'
  10. present: Lightning detected named as hazard.
  11. present: Lightning has been detected
  12. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the specific hazard.
  13. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard.
  14. present: "Lightning has been detected" names the hazard.
  15. present: 'Lightning has been detected'
  16. present: 'Lightning has been detected'.
  17. present: Names 'Lightning'
  18. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard.
  19. present: 'Lightning has been detected'.
  20. present: States "Lightning has been detected".
  21. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard.
  22. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard.
  23. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard.
  24. present: Lightning detected
  25. present: 'Lightning has been detected' names the hazard.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement that 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium,' plus named shelter buildings, gives location context.

  Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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  1. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium'
  2. present: Memorial Stadium and named shelters given.
  3. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' and named shelters
  4. present: Names 'Memorial Stadium' and shelter locations like 'Littlejohn Coliseum'.
  5. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium'
  6. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium'; shelters named.
  7. present: References 'Memorial Stadium' and shelters at named buildings.
  8. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' and named shelters give location.
  9. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium'
  10. present: Memorial Stadium and named shelters given.
  11. present: within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium
  12. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' gives location context.
  13. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' given.
  14. present: "within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium" and named shelters.
  15. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium'
  16. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium'.
  17. present: 'Memorial Stadium' and named shelter buildings
  18. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' and named shelter buildings.
  19. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium'.
  20. present: Specifies "within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium" and named shelters.
  21. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' names location; shelters named too.
  22. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' and named shelters.
  23. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium' given.
  24. present: Within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium, named shelters
  25. present: 'within 8 miles of Memorial Stadium.'
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement that directing people to named shelters and to secure tailgating tents and loose items gives protective guidance.

  The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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  1. present: 'Secure tailgating tents and any other items' and shelter locations given
  2. present: Directs to secure tailgating tents and use shelters.
  3. present: Instructs to secure tents and directs to shelters
  4. present: Advises 'Secure tailgating tents' and lists shelters available.
  5. present: 'Secure tailgating tents' and shelter locations listed
  6. present: Directs to shelters and to 'Secure tailgating tents'.
  7. present: Instructs to secure tents and go to listed shelters.
  8. present: Tells recipients to 'Secure tailgating tents' and lists available shelters.
  9. present: 'Secure tailgating tents' and shelters listed as instruction
  10. present: Directs to shelters and to secure loose items.
  11. present: Secure tailgating tents and go to listed shelters
  12. present: Names shelter locations to go to, implicit instruction to secure tents.
  13. present: 'Secure tailgating tents' and shelter locations imply protective action.
  14. present: Advises to secure tailgating tents and use listed shelters.
  15. present: 'Secure tailgating tents and any other items that may blow away'
  16. present: 'Secure tailgating tents' and shelter locations implied as instruction.
  17. present: Directs to shelters and to 'secure tailgating tents and any other items'
  18. present: Instructs to use shelters and 'Secure tailgating tents and any other items'.
  19. present: Instructs to 'Secure tailgating tents' and go to listed shelters.
  20. present: Advises to secure tents; shelters listed as protective option.
  21. present: Directs to shelters and to 'Secure tailgating tents and any other items'.
  22. present: 'Secure tailgating tents' and directs to available shelters.
  23. present: Directs to shelters and to secure tailgating items.
  24. present: Secure tailgating tents, go to shelters
  25. present: Directs to shelters and to secure loose items.
• Timepresent23/25

  Final assessment

  Strong majority counts 'Sirens will sound shortly' as conveying imminent timing; a couple of reads found 'shortly' too vague to count, but the majority view prevails.

  When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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  1. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly'
  2. present: Sirens will sound shortly conveys imminence.
  3. present: 'shortly' conveys near-term timing
  4. present: States 'Sirens will sound shortly'.
  5. present: 'shortly' conveys recency
  6. present: 'shortly' indicates near-term timing.
  7. present: Says 'shortly'.
  8. absent: 'shortly' is vague and not a concrete time or recency marker.
  9. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly'
  10. present: 'within 8 miles' and 'shortly' convey immediacy.
  11. present: Sirens will sound shortly
  12. present: 'shortly' conveys imminent timing.
  13. present: 'shortly' and implied immediacy of sirens sounding.
  14. present: "Sirens will sound shortly" conveys imminence.
  15. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly'
  16. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly' conveys imminence.
  17. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly'
  18. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly' conveys imminent timing.
  19. present: 'shortly' conveys imminence.
  20. absent: No clock time or date; "shortly" is vague, not a specific recency marker.
  21. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly' conveys timing.
  22. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly' conveys imminence.
  23. present: 'shortly' conveys imminent timing.
  24. present: Sirens will sound shortly
  25. present: 'Sirens will sound shortly' conveys imminent timing.
• Impactpresent17/25

  Final assessment

  Majority of reads credit the warning that items 'may blow away' as an implied consequence of the hazard, though a substantial minority felt this only implies risk rather than stating explicit harm; the majority view carries.

  What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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  1. absent: No stated consequence beyond naming the lightning hazard
  2. present: Notes items may blow away, implying danger from wind.
  3. absent: No explicit statement of harm beyond naming lightning
  4. present: Warns items 'may blow away', implying danger from wind.
  5. present: 'items that may blow away' implies harm/damage risk
  6. absent: No explicit statement of danger beyond naming lightning.
  7. present: Notes items 'may blow away', implying property risk.
  8. absent: No explicit statement of harm beyond the lightning itself.
  9. present: 'items that may blow away' implies harm/damage risk
  10. absent: Only implies risk via securing items, no explicit harm stated.
  11. present: items that may blow away implies danger from wind/lightning
  12. absent: No stated harm beyond the hazard itself.
  13. present: 'items that may blow away' implies wind/lightning danger.
  14. absent: No explicit statement of harm, only implied via securing items.
  15. present: Items 'may blow away' implies property harm
  16. present: Implies risk via 'items that may blow away' and shelters needed.
  17. present: Implies danger via items that 'may blow away' and shelter need
  18. present: Implies items 'may blow away', a stated consequence.
  19. present: Warns items 'may blow away', implying danger from wind.
  20. present: Warns items "may blow away", implying property harm from wind/lightning.
  21. present: Implies risk via 'items that may blow away' and shelter need.
  22. present: 'items that may blow away' implies wind/lightning hazard consequence.
  23. absent: No explicit statement of harm beyond implicit lightning danger.
  24. present: Items may blow away implies danger
  25. present: Warns items 'may blow away', implying danger from lightning/wind.