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Power outage around Carlton Ave with PPL estimate

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Lehigh HawkWatch reported a Carlton Ave area power outage and posted that power was restored.

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Lehigh University
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Documented Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 2 verified verbatim

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INITIAL ALERTMulti-channel
Verified verbatim445 chars
Power Outage Reported - Carlton Ave and surrounding areas A power outage has been reported at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas. There is a power outage that originated in the Carlton Ave area that is affecting many buildings on campus. PPL was notified and the estimated time for power to restore is 1am. The power outage was due to PPL working in the area. -If you need access to a building or any assistance, please call LUPD at 610-758-4200
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Thread checked 2026-09-21: remaining HawkWatch CAPs for this incident are sequenced in this file.
UPDATEMulti-channel+2h 54m
Verified verbatim143 chars
Power Restored - Carlton Ave and surrounding areas The power outage previously reported has been restored. Normal campus activity may resume.
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Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (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.

Power Outage Reported - Carlton Ave and surrounding areas A power outage has been reported at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas. There is a power outage that originated in the Carlton Ave area that is affecting many buildings on campus. PPL was notified and the estimated time for power to restore is 1am. The power outage was due to PPL working in the area. -If you need access to a building or any assistance, please call LUPD at 610-758-4200

  • Sourcepresent23/25

    Final assessment

    Nearly all reads (23 of 25) find Source present because LUPD is named as campus police to call and PPL as the utility. Two dissenters treat LUPD as only a help line.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: The message names LUPD as the agency to call, identifying a campus police authority.
    2. present: The text names LUPD, a campus police agency, as the authority to call for help.
    3. present: The message names LUPD as the agency to call and PPL as the utility involved, identifying responding authorities.
    4. present: LUPD is named as the campus police agency to contact, which identifies an authority.
    5. present: LUPD is named as the campus agency to call, and PPL is named as the utility handling the outage.
    6. present: The closing line names LUPD as the agency to call, which identifies a campus police authority.
    7. present: The message names LUPD as the agency to call and notes that PPL was notified, identifying responding authorities.
    8. present: LUPD is named as the campus police authority to contact for access or assistance.
    9. present: LUPD is named as the campus police agency to contact, which identifies a responding authority.
    10. present: The message names LUPD as the campus police contact, identifying a responding authority.
    11. present: It names LUPD as the campus police contact and notes that PPL was notified.
    12. present: The message names LUPD, a police agency, as the contact for assistance.
    13. present: The close names LUPD as the agency to call, identifying a campus police authority.
    14. present: The message names LUPD as the campus police agency to contact for help.
    15. present: LUPD is named as the campus police contact, which identifies a responding authority.
    16. present: The closing line names "LUPD" as the campus police agency to contact, identifying a responding authority.
    17. absent: There is no branded signature, university name, or issuing agency. LUPD appears only as a number to call for access.
    18. present: The message names LUPD as the campus police contact and PPL as the utility handling the outage.
    19. present: The message names LUPD as campus police to call and PPL as the utility handling the outage.
    20. present: The text names LUPD, a campus police agency, as the authority to contact.
    21. present: The message names LUPD as the authority to call and PPL as the notified utility, identifying responding agencies.
    22. present: The message names LUPD as the campus police agency to contact, identifying a responding authority.
    23. present: The message names "LUPD" as the campus police agency to contact, a named issuing or responding authority.
    24. absent: No branded signature, campus name, or issuing authority is identified, and LUPD appears only as a help line to call.
    25. present: The text names LUPD as the agency to call and notes that PPL was notified.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Hazard present: a power outage is named as the specific problem, not a generic emergency or incident.

    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: It repeatedly names a power outage, a specific hazard.
    2. present: It names a power outage, a specific threat rather than a generic incident.
    3. present: It repeatedly names a power outage, a specific threat rather than a generic emergency or situation.
    4. present: A power outage is named as the specific problem, not a generic incident.
    5. present: A power outage is named as the specific problem, not a vague emergency or incident.
    6. present: It specifically names a power outage, not a vague emergency or situation.
    7. present: It specifically names a power outage rather than a generic incident or emergency.
    8. present: The message names a power outage, a specific hazard rather than a generic incident.
    9. present: It specifies a "power outage" as the hazard.
    10. present: It specifically names a power outage, which is a concrete hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    11. present: It identifies a "power outage" as the specific problem rather than a generic incident.
    12. present: It specifically names a "power outage" as the problem.
    13. present: A power outage is named as the specific incident.
    14. present: It specifies a power outage rather than a generic emergency or incident.
    15. present: A power outage is named as the specific problem, not a vague emergency or situation.
    16. present: A "power outage" is named as the specific problem, not a generic emergency or situation.
    17. present: It specifies a power outage, a concrete hazard rather than a vague emergency or situation.
    18. present: It repeatedly names a "power outage", which is a specific hazard.
    19. present: It specifically names a power outage rather than a generic emergency or incident.
    20. present: It names a "power outage", a specific utility threat.
    21. present: It repeatedly names a power outage, which is a specific hazard.
    22. present: It specifies a power outage as the threat, not a vague emergency or situation.
    23. present: It names a "power outage", a specific utility threat.
    24. present: The message names a power outage as the specific problem, not a generic incident.
    25. present: It repeatedly names a power outage, a specific threat.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Location present: the outage is at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and is affecting many buildings on campus.

    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: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave, surrounding areas, and many buildings on campus.
    2. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and buildings on campus.
    3. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and says it is affecting many buildings on campus.
    4. present: The outage is at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and is affecting buildings on campus.
    5. present: The outage is at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and is affecting many buildings on campus.
    6. present: The outage is located at Carlton Ave, surrounding areas, and many buildings on campus.
    7. present: The outage is placed at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and many buildings on campus.
    8. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas affecting buildings on campus.
    9. present: The outage is at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and is affecting buildings on campus.
    10. present: It places the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and many buildings on campus.
    11. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and buildings on campus.
    12. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave, surrounding areas, and many buildings on campus.
    13. present: The outage is at Carlton Ave, surrounding areas, and many buildings on campus.
    14. present: The outage is at Carlton Ave, surrounding areas, and many buildings on campus.
    15. present: The outage is placed at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and buildings on campus.
    16. present: The outage is located at "Carlton Ave and surrounding areas" and as affecting "many buildings on campus".
    17. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and says many buildings on campus are affected.
    18. present: The outage is at "Carlton Ave and surrounding areas" and is affecting "many buildings on campus".
    19. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave, surrounding areas, and many buildings on campus.
    20. present: The outage is placed at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas, affecting buildings on campus.
    21. present: The outage is placed at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and as affecting buildings on campus.
    22. present: The outage is at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and is affecting many buildings on campus.
    23. present: It places the outage at "Carlton Ave and surrounding areas" and "many buildings on campus".
    24. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and buildings on campus.
    25. present: It locates the outage at Carlton Ave and surrounding areas and many buildings on campus.
  • Guidanceabsent7/25

    Final assessment

    A 17 to 8 majority finds Guidance absent: calling LUPD for building access is optional help, not a protective action such as shelter or avoid. Dissenters treat the call as an instruction.

    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: Recipients who need building access or help are instructed to call LUPD.
    2. present: It instructs anyone who needs building access or assistance to call LUPD.
    3. absent: Asking people to call LUPD if they need building access is a help contact, not a protective action for recipients.
    4. absent: Calling LUPD for building access is a help number, not a protective action for the outage.
    5. absent: Calling LUPD for building access is optional help, not an instruction to shelter, avoid an area, or take other protective action.
    6. absent: Asking people to call LUPD only if they need building access is optional help, not a protective action.
    7. absent: Calling LUPD for building access or assistance is a contact offer, not a protective action for recipients.
    8. absent: Calling LUPD for building access is contact information, not a protective action such as stay inside or avoid the area.
    9. present: Recipients who need building access or assistance are instructed to call LUPD.
    10. present: It instructs recipients who need building access or help to please call LUPD at the listed number.
    11. absent: Asking people to call LUPD for building access or assistance is not a protective action.
    12. absent: Asking people who need building access to call LUPD is not a protective action for recipients.
    13. absent: Calling LUPD for building access or assistance is a help contact, not a protective action.
    14. absent: Calling LUPD for building access is a help line, not a protective action for the outage.
    15. absent: Calling LUPD for building access or assistance is not a protective action for the outage.
    16. absent: Telling people to call LUPD if they need building access is a help line, not a protective action for the outage.
    17. present: It instructs anyone who needs building access or assistance to call LUPD at the listed number.
    18. absent: Asking people to call LUPD for building access or help is a contact tip, not a protective action.
    19. present: It instructs anyone who needs building access or assistance to call LUPD.
    20. absent: Calling LUPD for building access or help is not a protective action for the outage.
    21. absent: Asking people who need building access or help to call LUPD is a contact tip, not a protective action for the outage.
    22. absent: Calling LUPD for optional building access is not a protective action such as shelter, avoid, or stay inside.
    23. absent: Calling LUPD for building access is a help line, not a protective action such as stay inside or avoid the area.
    24. absent: Calling LUPD for building access or assistance is a help contact, not a protective action for the outage.
    25. present: Recipients who need building access or assistance are instructed to call LUPD.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Time present via the estimated restoration clock time of 1am.

    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: It gives a clock time, saying power is estimated to restore at 1am.
    2. present: It gives a clock time, with power estimated to restore at 1am.
    3. present: It gives a clock time by stating the estimated restore time is 1am.
    4. present: The message gives a clock time, estimating that power will restore at 1am.
    5. present: Restoration is estimated for 1am, which is a clock time.
    6. present: It gives a clock time, saying power is estimated to restore at 1am.
    7. present: It gives an estimated restoration time of 1am, which is a clock time.
    8. present: It gives a clock time, saying power is estimated to restore at 1am.
    9. present: It gives a clock time, estimating that power will restore at 1am.
    10. present: It gives a restoration clock time of 1am.
    11. present: It gives an estimated restore time of 1am.
    12. present: It gives a clock time, saying power is estimated to restore at 1am.
    13. present: It gives an estimated restoration clock time of 1am.
    14. present: It gives a clock time, with power estimated to restore at 1am.
    15. present: Estimated restoration at 1am is a clock time for when power is expected back.
    16. present: An estimated restoration time of "1am" is a clock time for when power should return.
    17. present: It gives a clock time by stating the estimated restore time is 1am.
    18. present: It states an estimated restoration clock time of 1am.
    19. present: It gives a restoration clock time of 1am.
    20. present: It gives a clock time, with power estimated to restore at 1am.
    21. present: It gives a clock time, saying the estimated restoration is 1am.
    22. present: It gives a clock time, saying power is estimated to restore at 1am.
    23. present: It gives a clock time: power is estimated to restore at "1am".
    24. present: It gives an estimated restoration clock time of 1am.
    25. present: It gives a clock time: estimated restoration is 1am.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Impact absent: saying the outage is affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm, danger, or injury.

    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: Affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm, danger, or injury from the outage.
    2. absent: Saying the outage is affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm or severity.
    3. absent: It describes buildings losing power but does not state harm, danger, or other consequences beyond the outage itself.
    4. absent: It does not describe injury, danger, or other harm, only that buildings lost power.
    5. absent: Saying many buildings are affected restates scope, not injury, danger, or how severe the outage is.
    6. absent: Saying many buildings are affected describes scope, not harm or how serious the outage is.
    7. absent: Saying the outage is affecting buildings describes scope, not harm or severity to people or property.
    8. absent: Affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm or severity such as dangerous conditions or injury.
    9. absent: Saying the outage is affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm or how serious it is.
    10. absent: It describes the outage affecting buildings but does not state harm, danger, or other consequences for people or property.
    11. absent: Saying the outage is affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm or severity.
    12. absent: Saying the outage is affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm or how serious it is.
    13. absent: Affecting many buildings describes outage extent, not harm or severity to people or property.
    14. absent: Affecting many buildings describes reach, not harm or severity to people or property.
    15. absent: Affecting many buildings describes outage extent, not harm, danger, or severity to people.
    16. absent: Saying the outage is "affecting many buildings" describes extent, not danger, injury, or other consequences.
    17. absent: Affecting buildings describes the outage's reach, not harm or severity such as injury or danger.
    18. absent: Saying buildings are affected describes the outage's reach, not harm, danger, or severity.
    19. absent: Saying buildings are affected describes the outage's reach, not harm, danger, or injury.
    20. absent: Saying many buildings are affected describes scope, not injury, danger, or other harm.
    21. absent: Affecting many buildings describes outage extent, not harm or severity such as dangerous or damaging.
    22. absent: Affecting buildings restates the outage's reach and does not describe danger, injury, or damage.
    23. absent: Affecting buildings describes the outage's extent, not harm, danger, or severity to people or property.
    24. absent: Saying the outage is affecting buildings describes its reach, not harm, injury, or severity.
    25. absent: Affecting many buildings describes scope, not harm or severity to people or property.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.

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Context

Background

Lehigh University posts HawkWatch emergency notifications as AppArmor CAP pages. Official products: the Power outage around Carlton Ave with PPL estimate and later sequenced CAP ids in this file.
Analysis

Key Findings

Official HawkWatch CAP sequence with 2 product(s).
Outcome
Power restored about 1:34 a.m. Distinct from the next-day Wilbur Powerhouse gas leak.
Provenance

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Campus Alert Archive. "Lehigh University: Power outage around Carlton Ave with PPL estimate." Incident of September 14, 2026. Added September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/lehigh-university-power-outage-carlton-ave-2026-09-14/

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