Campus-wide outage with PG and E contact no ETA
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedWest Valley College reported a campus-wide power outage while contacting PG&E, with network access remaining available and no restoration timeline yet.
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1 message in sequence · 1 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.
West Valley College is experiencing a campus-wide power outage. We’re in contact with PG&E; no restoration timeline yet. Network access remains available. Updates to follow. Thank you for your patience.
Sourcepresent24/25
Final assessment
Majority (24/25) mark S present.
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
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Text-only judgment: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Pass reading supports: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Text-only judgment: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Pass reading supports: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no branded signature or named issuing authority appears.
- present: Text-only judgment: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Pass reading supports: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Text-only judgment: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Pass reading supports: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Institutional or branded language identifies the sender under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Text-only judgment: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
- present: Pass reading supports: institutional or branded language identifies the sender.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority (25/25) mark H present.
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.
See all 25 individual reads
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Text-only judgment: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Pass reading supports: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Text-only judgment: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Pass reading supports: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Text-only judgment: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Pass reading supports: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Text-only judgment: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Pass reading supports: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: A specific hazard is named in the alert text under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Text-only judgment: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
- present: Pass reading supports: a specific hazard is named in the alert text.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority (25/25) mark L present.
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.
See all 25 individual reads
- present: A place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Text-only judgment: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Pass reading supports: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Text-only judgment: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Pass reading supports: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Text-only judgment: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Pass reading supports: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Text-only judgment: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Pass reading supports: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated.
- present: A place or campus location is stated under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Text-only judgment: a place or campus location is stated.
- present: Pass reading supports: a place or campus location is stated.
Guidancepresent24/25
Final assessment
Majority (24/25) mark G present.
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
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Text-only judgment: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Pass reading supports: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Text-only judgment: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Pass reading supports: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Text-only judgment: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Pass reading supports: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Text-only judgment: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Pass reading supports: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- absent: No audience-directed protective or operational instruction appears.
- present: The audience is given an action or operations instruction under the coding rubric.
- present: Independent pass finds: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Text-only judgment: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
- present: Pass reading supports: the audience is given an action or operations instruction.
Timeabsent0/25
Final assessment
Majority mark T absent (25/25).
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.
See all 25 individual reads
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
Impactabsent2/25
Final assessment
Majority mark I absent (23/25).
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.
See all 25 individual reads
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- present: Severity or safety consequence language is present.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- present: Pass reading supports: severity or safety consequence language is present.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name under the coding rubric.
- absent: Independent pass finds: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Text-only judgment: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
- absent: Pass reading supports: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the hazard name.
Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5
Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.
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Sources
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Campus Alert Archive. "West Valley College: Campus-wide outage with PG and E contact no ETA." Incident of April 29, 2026. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/west-valley-college-campus-wide-power-outage-2026-04-29/
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