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Winter weather remote operations for MU Columbia campus — shift wednesday feb

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University of Missouri published an official alert update on or about 2025-02-12. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.

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INITIAL ALERTMulti-channel
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Due to severe winter weather conditions, the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12. Employees will fall into three categories during a severe weather event: - Those who aren't required to work on-site and will telework from home or another location. Staff who do not telework must use their available accrued paid time off. - Those who cannot carry out their duties through telework and who are instructed that they are not required on-site to work will be compensated. - Those who are non-exempt (hourly) and are required to work on-site may be eligible to receive premium pay; those who are required to work on-site and choose not to must use their available accrued paid time off.Employees should contact their supervisor if they are unsure which category they fit in for the current event. As always, faculty, staff and students are expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus during severe weather. For information on how winter weather is affecting any off-campus activities, including clinics, off-campus meetings or conferences, please refer to the host location. Tonight's men's basketball game is on as scheduled. This does not apply to MU Health Care operations and staff. To receive the latest updates for MU Health Care, please visit Winter Weather Updates. Links to university services, including those offered by MU Health Care hospitals and clinics and the Veterinary Health Center, are listed online. Details about MU's campus closure policies and more can be found on the UM System website.Due to severe winter weather conditions, the University of Missouri
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Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, Claude Opus 5.5 (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.

Due to severe winter weather conditions, the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12. Employees will fall into three categories during a severe weather event: - Those who aren't required to work on-site and will telework from home or another location. Staff who do not telework must use their available accrued paid time off. - Those who cannot carry out their duties through telework and who are instructed that they are not required on-site to work will be compensated. - Those who are non-exempt (hourly) and are required to work on-site may be eligible to receive premium pay; those who are required to work on-site and choose not to must use their available accrued paid time off.Employees should contact their supervisor if they are unsure which category they fit in for the current event. As always, faculty, staff and students are expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus during severe weather. For information on how winter weather is affecting any off-campus activities, including clinics, off-campus meetings or conferences, please refer to the host location. Tonight's men's basketball game is on as scheduled. This does not apply to MU Health Care operations and staff. To receive the latest updates for MU Health Care, please visit Winter Weather Updates. Links to university services, including those offered by MU Health Care hospitals and clinics and the Veterinary Health Center, are listed online. Details about MU's campus closure policies and more can be found on the UM System website.Due to severe winter weather conditions, the University of Missouri

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: the message speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia', identifying the institution as the 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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    1. present: MU and UM System office.
    2. present: The University of Missouri campus and UM System office.
    3. present: It names the campus, UM System office, and University of Missouri.
    4. present: Names the campus, UM System, and University of Missouri.
    5. present: It names MU and the UM System office.
    6. present: MU and the UM System office are named.
    7. present: Names the campus and UM System office.
    8. present: Names the University of Missouri and UM System office.
    9. present: It speaks for the University of Missouri and UM System office.
    10. present: It names the University of Missouri and UM System office.
    11. present: It names the University of Missouri and UM System.
    12. present: It names the University of Missouri as the actor.
    13. present: The campus, UM System and University of Missouri are named.
    14. present: MU and the UM System are named.
    15. present: University of Missouri and UM System office.
    16. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia', identifying the University of Missouri.
    17. present: It names the campus and UM System office and University of Missouri, identifying itself.
    18. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and the University of Missouri.
    19. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and names the University of Missouri.
    20. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and references the University of Missouri.
    21. present: It says 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations'.
    22. present: It names the University of Missouri campus and UM System office in Columbia.
    23. present: It names the campus and UM System office in Columbia and the University of Missouri.
    24. present: It names the 'campus and UM System office in Columbia' and the University of Missouri.
    25. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and MU, identifying the university as sender.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the hazard is named: 'severe winter weather conditions'.

    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: Severe winter weather.
    2. present: 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    3. present: It names "severe winter weather conditions".
    4. present: Cites 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    5. present: It says "severe winter weather conditions".
    6. present: It names severe winter weather conditions.
    7. present: Names 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    8. present: Names 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    9. present: It names 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    10. present: It names 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    11. present: It names severe winter weather conditions.
    12. present: It names 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    13. present: It names severe winter weather conditions.
    14. present: It names severe winter weather conditions.
    15. present: 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    16. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the reason for remote operations.
    17. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the reason for shifting the campus to remote operations.
    18. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the reason for remote operations.
    19. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions'.
    20. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the specific weather hazard causing the shift to remote operations.
    21. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the hazard.
    22. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the reason for remote operations, which names the weather hazard.
    23. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the reason for remote operations.
    24. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the hazard that prompted remote operations.
    25. present: It cites 'severe winter weather conditions' as the reason for remote operations.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: it names the campus and UM System office in Columbia.

    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: Campus in Columbia.
    2. present: 'campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    3. present: It refers to the campus in Columbia.
    4. present: Specifies 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    5. present: It says "the campus and UM System office in Columbia".
    6. present: It says the campus and UM System office in Columbia.
    7. present: Refers to the Columbia campus.
    8. present: Names the campus in Columbia.
    9. present: It names the campus in Columbia.
    10. present: It says 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    11. present: It says the campus in Columbia.
    12. present: It names the campus in Columbia.
    13. present: It gives Columbia.
    14. present: It names campus in Columbia.
    15. present: Campus in Columbia.
    16. present: The message concerns the MU campus and the UM System office in Columbia shifting to remote work.
    17. present: It names the campus and the UM System office in Columbia as shifting to remote operations.
    18. present: The message concerns the MU campus and the UM System office in Columbia shifting to remote work.
    19. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    20. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the locations shifting to remote operations.
    21. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    22. present: It refers to 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the places shifting operations.
    23. present: It names the campus and UM System office 'in Columbia' as shifting to remote operations.
    24. present: It identifies the Columbia campus and the UM System office as the places shifting to remote operations.
    25. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the affected location.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree guidance is present: recipients are told to use good judgement about whether they can travel safely, with telework instructions.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: Use good judgement about traveling safely.
    2. present: It advises good judgment about traveling safely to campus.
    3. present: It tells people to exercise good judgement about traveling safely.
    4. present: Tells people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely'.
    5. present: It says to "exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely".
    6. present: It says exercise good judgment about traveling safely.
    7. present: Urges 'good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely'.
    8. present: Tells people to exercise good judgement about traveling safely.
    9. present: It says to exercise good judgement about traveling to campus.
    10. present: It says to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely.
    11. present: It tells people to use good judgement about safe travel.
    12. present: It tells people to 'exercise good judgement' about traveling safely.
    13. present: It tells people to use judgment about traveling safely.
    14. present: It urges good judgment about safe travel.
    15. present: 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely'.
    16. present: It directs people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    17. present: It asks people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    18. present: It asks people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    19. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    20. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    21. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely'.
    22. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely'.
    23. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    24. present: It asks people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely'.
    25. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: remote operations run 'from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.

    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: Wednesday, Feb. 12.
    2. present: '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    3. present: It gives "12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12".
    4. present: States '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    5. present: It gives "12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12".
    6. present: It gives Wednesday, Feb. 12.
    7. present: Gives 'Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    8. present: Gives 'Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    9. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    10. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    11. present: It gives Wednesday, Feb. 12.
    12. present: It gives 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12.
    13. present: It gives Wednesday, Feb. 12.
    14. present: It gives Wednesday, Feb. 12.
    15. present: 'Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    16. present: The message states remote operations run '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    17. present: It gives remote operations from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
    18. present: The message states remote operations run '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    19. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    20. present: It specifies '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12' as the remote operations window.
    21. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12'.
    22. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12' as the remote operations window.
    23. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12' as the remote operations period.
    24. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12' as the remote operations window.
    25. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12' as the window for remote operations.
  • Impactabsent1/25

    Final assessment

    Near-unanimous: naming severe winter weather states no consequence. One read saw implied danger in whether people 'can travel safely', but that is not an explicit severity statement.

    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 consequence stated.
    2. absent: 'Severe' is part of the hazard label; no consequence is stated.
    3. absent: "Severe" is part of the hazard label; no consequence is stated.
    4. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
    5. absent: It names the weather but not what it could do.
    6. absent: No explicit consequence or severity is stated.
    7. absent: No consequence is conveyed.
    8. absent: No consequence is described.
    9. present: It implies danger by questioning whether people 'can travel safely'.
    10. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
    11. absent: No consequence is stated.
    12. absent: Beyond calling the weather severe, it states no consequence.
    13. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
    14. absent: No consequence is stated.
    15. absent: No consequence stated.
    16. absent: Calling the weather severe names it, but no consequence or harm is described.
    17. absent: It does not describe what the severe winter weather could do to people or property.
    18. absent: It describes employee categories but states no consequence or severity of the weather.
    19. absent: It explains pay categories but conveys no consequence or severity of the weather.
    20. absent: It calls conditions 'severe' but never states what they could do to people or property.
    21. absent: 'Severe' describes conditions but it states no consequence such as injury or damage.
    22. absent: It describes employee staffing categories but states no consequence of the severe winter weather.
    23. absent: It notes concern about traveling safely but does not state specific consequences of the winter weather.
    24. absent: 'Severe' is used but no specific consequence such as dangerous roads is stated.
    25. absent: It describes pay categories and closures but states no consequence of the winter weather to people.

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Official MU Alert update archive entry for University of Missouri.
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    Mu Shift Remote Operations Wednesday Feb 12 2025
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Missouri: Winter weather remote operations for MU Columbia campus — shift wednesday feb." Incident of February 12, 2025. Added July 2026; last updated September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-missouri-mu-shift-remote-operations-wednesday-feb-12-2025-2025-02-12/

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