Bird contact at Murray substation cuts campus power
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedSan Diego State University posted four Urgent updates after an unplanned power outage hit parts of campus and other communities. SDG&E later said a bird contact at the Murray substation caused it and that power was restored at 10:10 a.m.
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Alert Sequence
4 messages in sequence · 4 verified verbatim
Confirmed wording is transcribed character-for-character from a primary source. Use Verify this quote under each message to open that source in a new tab and compare the text yourself.
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.
SDSU Alert: SDSU is aware of an unplanned power outage impacting parts of campus. Assessment is active to restore power. Updates will be shared.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes treat SDSU Alert as source.
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: SDSU Alert brands the product and SDSU is the named campus.
- present: The notice opens with SDSU Alert, the official sender label.
- present: SDSU is the university aware of the outage.
- present: The product is an SDSU Alert body.
- present: Campus identity is SDSU under SDSU Alert.
- present: The institutional voice is SDSU.
- present: SDSU Alert is the sender frame.
- present: The university is the speaker throughout.
- present: Official SDSU copy identifies the source.
- present: The archive body is an SDSU product.
- present: SDSU is the institution assessing the outage.
- present: The source is SDSU Alert.
- present: The branded campus SDSU is the sender.
- present: SDSU Alert opens the sentence.
- present: SDSU Urgent archive is the official source.
- present: The notice speaks as SDSU about a campus outage.
- present: Campus sender is SDSU.
- present: The official university notice is SDSU Alert.
- present: SDSU frames the unplanned outage.
- present: The sender of the 9:02 a.m. item is SDSU.
- present: SDSU is the institution named as aware.
- present: The product is SDSU speaking about campus power.
- present: Official SDSU Alert branding is the source cue.
- present: SDSU is aware of is the sender language.
- present: The campus voice is SDSU.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
Every pass marks the unplanned power outage as the 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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- present: It names an unplanned power outage, a specific utility hazard.
- present: The hazard is an unplanned power outage impacting parts of campus.
- present: A power outage is the named emergency condition.
- present: An unplanned power outage is the concrete hazard.
- present: The product reports a utility power outage.
- present: Electrical service loss is the hazard described.
- present: The incident type in the text is a power outage.
- present: Hazard language is unplanned power outage.
- present: The notice is about a power outage, not weather or crime.
- present: An unplanned campus outage is the hazard.
- present: The body names an unplanned power outage as the event.
- present: Power outage is explicit hazard wording.
- present: The text concerns an unplanned power outage.
- present: Hazard is loss of electrical power.
- present: The notice reports an unplanned power outage.
- present: Unplanned outage is explicit hazard wording.
- present: The product is an outage notice.
- present: Parts of campus losing power is the hazard effect.
- present: The named threat is an unplanned power outage.
- present: Utility interruption of power is the hazard.
- present: The body centers on an unplanned power outage.
- present: Power outage is the hazard word used.
- present: The event is an unplanned power outage.
- present: Restore-power language confirms a utility outage.
- present: The notice names an unplanned power outage as the problem.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
Parts of campus are the location.
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: Parts of campus are the location.
- present: The outage is impacting parts of campus.
- present: The location is SDSU campus, in part.
- present: The product locates the impact on parts of campus.
- present: The spatial frame is parts of campus.
- present: Campus parts are the affected places.
- present: The site is SDSU, in part.
- present: The notice places the event on campus.
- present: Named place is parts of campus.
- present: Parts of campus is the locus.
- present: The affected footprint is parts of campus.
- present: Location language is parts of campus.
- present: The outage impacting parts of campus is the place.
- present: Campus is the geography.
- present: The text locates the outage on campus.
- present: The named site is parts of campus.
- present: Parts of campus are the places losing power.
- present: The footprint is partial campus.
- present: The product names parts of campus.
- present: SDSU campus parts are the location.
- present: Parts of campus is a spatial cue.
- present: The site under the outage is campus.
- present: Campus is more specific than the city.
- present: The outage is at SDSU.
- present: Campus parts are the location.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
Updates will be shared is treated as 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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- present: Updates will be shared is a stay-tuned instruction.
- present: The notice tells people more information will come.
- present: There is no evacuate line; the guidance is forthcoming updates.
- present: The product promises further updates.
- present: Updates will be shared is the action cue.
- present: The guidance is a forthcoming-update instruction.
- present: People are told updates will be shared.
- present: The body includes an updates-will-be-shared line.
- present: Stay tuned for updates is the implied action.
- present: The notice holds the audience for more information.
- present: Forthcoming updates are the guidance content.
- present: The audience is told to expect more information.
- present: Updates will be shared is a wait-for-direction cue.
- present: The instruction is that updates will be shared.
- present: A later update is promised.
- present: The product's action line is updates will be shared.
- present: Guidance exists as a forthcoming-update sentence.
- present: People should watch for further SDSU notices.
- present: The recommended action is to await updates.
- present: Updates will be shared is explicit next-step language.
- present: The notice holds people for restoration news.
- present: Further updates are the stated next step.
- present: The guidance payload is updates will be shared.
- present: The product directs people to wait for updates.
- present: Assessment is active plus updates will be shared is the guidance pair.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
The 9:02 a.m. archive stamp is the time element.
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: The archive stamp 9:02 a.m. is the product time.
- present: 9:02 a.m. is a clock time on the official archive.
- present: The notice is the morning initial on August 24.
- present: The Urgent page times this SDSU Alert at 9:02 a.m.
- present: A morning timestamp is attached to this body.
- present: The official time cue is 9:02 a.m.
- present: August 24 2022 is the incident date on the archive.
- present: The product is the 9:02 a.m. item.
- present: The clock time 9:02 a.m. is present on the archive header.
- present: The notice is explicitly timed on the Urgent page.
- present: 9:02 a.m. Pacific is the send time recorded by SDSU.
- present: The header carries a time of day.
- present: The time element is the 9:02 a.m. stamp.
- present: Morning of August 24 is the time frame.
- present: The archive dates this product to Aug 24 at 9:02 a.m.
- present: A specific hour and minute are on the archive header.
- present: The notice is timed 9:02 a.m.
- present: The product header is 9:02 a.m.
- present: 9:02 a.m. marks when this notice went out.
- present: The dated archive page is August 24 2022.
- present: The time cue is the 9:02 a.m. label.
- present: This is the first timed product on the page.
- present: The official stamp is 9:02 a.m.
- present: The product is a morning outage notice.
- present: Aug 24 plus 9:02 a.m. is the time pair on the archive.
Impactabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes find no stated harm to people.
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: No injury language is used.
- absent: The text does not name hurt people or deaths.
- absent: No victim, injury, or medical wording appears.
- absent: Impact is on campus power, not named persons harmed.
- absent: There is no statement of human injury.
- absent: No casualties are described.
- absent: The notice is silent on injuries.
- absent: People are not described as victims.
- absent: No identity of a harmed person is given.
- absent: Harm-to-people language is absent.
- absent: The outage notice does not mention injuries.
- absent: No patient, fatality, or wounded wording.
- absent: A power outage is not personal-harm language here.
- absent: The text has no injury or death claim.
- absent: No named victim appears.
- absent: Human harm is not asserted.
- absent: The product omits injury information.
- absent: No medical or casualty language.
- absent: Identity or impact on a person as harmed is missing.
- absent: The notice does not describe injuries.
- absent: No one is named as hurt.
- absent: There is no impact-on-people injury line.
- absent: A utility outage is not a stated injury.
- absent: The text lacks injury or fatality content.
- absent: No personal-harm identity element is present.
Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5
Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.
Background
Key Findings
Sources
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- Official
Campus Alert Archive. "San Diego State University: Bird contact at Murray substation cuts campus power." Incident of August 24, 2022. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/san-diego-state-university-murray-substation-power-outage-2022-08-24/
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