Campuswide power-plant outage; remote instruction the next day
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedMSU reported a widespread campus power outage from a T.B. Simon plant failure, then moved instruction and remote work through Monday evening while restoration continued.
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7 messages in sequence · 7 verified verbatim
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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.
MSU is experiencing a widespread power outage on campus. Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is currently working to quickly identify and diagnose the issue. There is no threat to campus. Please call or text 911 to report any emergencies, or call 517-355-2221 to report any non-emergency related issues.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Source present. MSU names itself as the operator.
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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- present: The university names itself as "MSU" and names "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" as the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a responding campus unit.
- present: The university names itself as "MSU" and cites "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" as the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university, and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university as sender, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is identified as the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" is the responding unit.
- present: The text names "MSU" as the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" as the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university as the issuing body, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is a named unit.
- present: MSU names itself as the institution, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is identified as the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university, and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" identifies a responding campus unit.
- present: The university names itself as "MSU" and identifies "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" as the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university as the issuing institution, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is a named campus unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university, and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is a responding campus unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university as speaker, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is a named responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university as the issuing body, and Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is a named campus unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a campus unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university as sender, and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" is a named responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" is a named responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the institution and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" is the responding unit.
- present: "MSU" names the university, and "Infrastructure Planning and Facilities" names a responding unit.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Hazard present. A widespread power outage is named.
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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- present: It names a "widespread power outage", a specific hazard, even while adding there is no threat.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage", a named condition rather than a generic emergency.
- present: It names a "widespread power outage" as the specific problem, even while saying there is no threat.
- present: It names a "widespread power outage" as the specific hazard rather than a vague situation.
- present: It names a "widespread power outage" as the specific condition, even while saying there is no threat.
- present: The text names a "widespread power outage" as the specific event.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" as the hazard.
- present: It names a "widespread power outage" as the specific issue rather than a generic incident.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" as the hazard rather than a vague emergency.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" rather than a generic incident.
- present: A "widespread power outage" is a specific named hazard, not a vague emergency or situation.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" rather than a generic emergency or situation.
- present: Names a "widespread power outage" as the specific incident, even while saying there is no threat.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" rather than a generic incident or situation.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage", a concrete event rather than a generic emergency.
- present: It specifies a "power outage" as the problem, not a vague emergency or situation.
- present: The message specifies a "widespread power outage" rather than an unnamed emergency.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" rather than a generic incident or emergency.
- present: It names a "widespread power outage" as the specific event.
- present: It names a "widespread power outage" as the specific event rather than a generic emergency.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" as the event, not a generic emergency.
- present: It specifies a "power outage" rather than a generic emergency, incident, or situation.
- present: It names a "widespread power outage" as the specific situation, not a vague emergency.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" as the incident.
- present: It specifies a "widespread power outage" as the hazard.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Location present. Campus is named as the place.
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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- present: It says the outage is "on campus", which counts as a location under the rubric.
- present: The outage is placed "on campus", which the rubric treats as a location.
- present: It says the outage is "on campus", which counts as a location.
- present: It places the outage "on campus", which counts as a location.
- present: It places the outage "on campus", which the rubric treats as a location.
- present: It locates the outage "on campus".
- present: The outage is placed "on campus", which counts as a location.
- present: It locates the outage "on campus", which counts as a place.
- present: The outage is located "on campus", which counts as a place.
- present: The outage is placed "on campus".
- present: The outage is placed "on campus", which the rubric treats as a location.
- present: The outage is placed "on campus", which counts as a location.
- present: Locates the outage "on campus".
- present: It says the outage is "on campus", which counts as a location.
- present: The outage is located "on campus", which counts as a place under the rubric.
- present: The outage is placed "on campus", which counts as a location cue.
- present: The outage is located "on campus", which counts as a place cue.
- present: The outage is located "on campus", which counts as a place cue.
- present: The outage is placed "on campus", which counts as a location.
- present: It locates the outage "on campus", which counts as a place cue.
- present: The outage is located "on campus".
- present: The outage is located "on campus", which counts as a place cue.
- present: The outage is located "on campus", which the rubric treats as a place.
- present: The outage is placed "on campus", which counts as a location.
- present: The outage is placed "on campus".
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Guidance present. Recipients are told to call or text 911 to report emergencies.
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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- present: It instructs recipients to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective action.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, an explicit instruction.
- present: It instructs recipients to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective action.
- present: It instructs recipients to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective action.
- present: It tells recipients to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective instruction.
- present: Recipients are instructed to "call or text 911" to report emergencies.
- present: Recipients are told to call or text 911 for emergencies and to call 517-355-2221 for non-emergency issues.
- present: It instructs recipients to "call or text 911" to report emergencies and gives a non-emergency number.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective action.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" for emergencies and given a non-emergency number.
- present: Recipients are told to call or text 911 to report emergencies, which is a listed protective instruction.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" for emergencies and given a non-emergency number.
- present: Tells recipients to "call or text 911" for emergencies and provides a non-emergency number.
- present: It instructs recipients to call or text 911 for emergencies and to call 517-355-2221 for non-emergency issues.
- present: Recipients are instructed to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective action.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed instruction.
- present: Recipients are told to call or text 911 for emergencies and a campus number for non-emergencies.
- present: Recipients are told to call or text 911 for emergencies and 517-355-2221 for non-emergency issues.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective instruction.
- present: It tells recipients to "call or text 911" for emergencies and gives a non-emergency number to call.
- present: Recipients are told to call or text 911 for emergencies and 517-355-2221 for non-emergencies.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, an explicit instruction.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, an instructed protective action.
- present: It tells people to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, a listed protective instruction.
- present: Recipients are told to "call or text 911" to report emergencies, which is a protective instruction.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Time present. Currently working is a recency cue.
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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- present: "currently" marks the outage and the facilities response as happening now.
- present: "currently working" marks the response as happening now, a recency cue.
- present: "Currently" working to diagnose the issue conveys that the outage and response are happening now.
- present: "currently working" marks the outage and response as happening now.
- present: "currently" marks the outage and the facilities response as happening now.
- present: "currently" indicates the outage and the response are happening now.
- present: "currently working" marks the response as happening now.
- present: "currently working" marks the outage and response as happening now.
- present: "currently" marks that crews are working now, a recency cue like now or ongoing.
- present: "currently" marks the response as happening now.
- present: The word "currently" marks the outage response as happening now.
- present: "Currently" marks the response as happening now, which is a recency cue.
- present: Uses "currently" to mark the outage response as happening now.
- present: "Currently" marks the response work as happening now, which is a recency cue.
- present: "Currently" marks the outage and response as happening now.
- present: "currently working" marks the response as happening now, a recency cue.
- present: "Currently" marks the facilities response as happening now, a recency cue.
- present: "Currently" marks the outage and the facilities response as happening now.
- present: "currently working" conveys that the outage and response are happening now.
- present: "currently" marks the outage and the facilities response as happening now.
- present: "Currently" marks the outage response as happening now.
- present: "currently" working to diagnose the issue marks the outage as happening now.
- present: "currently" marks the facilities response as happening now, a recency cue.
- present: "currently" marks the facilities response as happening now.
- present: "Currently" marks the outage and response as happening now.
Impactabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Impact absent. There is no threat to campus states absence of harm rather than a consequence of the outage.
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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- absent: It states "There is no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: The text says "no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: It states "no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: "There is no threat to campus" denies harm, and naming the outage does not state consequences.
- absent: It states "no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity beyond naming the outage.
- absent: The text says there is "no threat to campus" and states no harm or severity.
- absent: The text says "There is no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: It says "there is no threat to campus" and does not state harm, danger, or severity from the outage.
- absent: The text says "no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: The message says "There is no threat to campus" and states no harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: The message says there is "no threat to campus" and does not describe any harm or severity.
- absent: The text says "there is no threat to campus" and states no harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: States "There is no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: It states there is "no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: The line "There is no threat to campus" denies harm, and no consequence or severity is given.
- absent: "There is no threat to campus" denies harm, and no consequence or severity is stated.
- absent: It says "there is no threat to campus" and never describes harm or severity.
- absent: The text says there is "no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: The text says "no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: It says "There is no threat to campus" and does not describe injury, damage, or other consequences of the outage.
- absent: The text says there is "no threat to campus" and does not state harm or severity from the outage.
- absent: "There is no threat to campus" states no harm, and no severity or consequence of the outage is given.
- absent: The text says "no threat to campus" and states no harm, danger, or severity.
- absent: It does not describe harm or severity and even says "There is no threat to campus."
- absent: The text says "there is no threat to campus" and does not describe harm or severity.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Michigan State University: Campuswide power-plant outage; remote instruction the next day." Incident of September 19, 2026. Added September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/michigan-state-university-campus-power-plant-outage-2026-09-19/
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