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  "id": "2018-11-17-clemson-university-east-campus-power-outage",
  "slug": "clemson-university-east-campus-power-outage-2018-11-17",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Clemson University",
    "shortName": "Clemson",
    "state": "SC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CU Alert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2018-11-17",
    "type": "infrastructure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "East-campus power outage affecting traffic lights",
    "headlinePublic": "East-campus power outage affecting traffic lights",
    "summary": "Clemson issued [CU SAFE ALERTS for a power outage in parts of campus](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2018/11/17/cu-safe-alert-power-outage-reported-in-parts-of-campus/) refined to the [east side including traffic lights on Hwy 93 and Perimeter Road](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2018/11/17/cu-safe-alert-power-outage-affecting-east-side-of-campus/), with Facilities on scene.",
    "outcome": "Power outage response by Facilities; extent refined to east side in follow-up.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2018-11-17 ~22:53 (CU Alerts)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "CU SAFE ALERT: Power outage reported in parts of campus. Extent is unknown at this time. Facilities is responding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2018/11/17/cu-safe-alert-power-outage-reported-in-parts-of-campus/",
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        "Complete text from alerts.clemson.edu"
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    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2018-11-17 ~23:23 (CU Alerts)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "CU SAFE ALERT: Power outage affecting east side of campus, including traffic lights on 93, Perimeter Road. Facilities is on scene.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2018/11/17/cu-safe-alert-power-outage-affecting-east-side-of-campus/",
      "sourceDescription": "CU Alerts update",
      "annotations": [
        "Complete text from alerts.clemson.edu"
      ],
      "characterCount": 130
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [alerts.clemson.edu](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2018/11/17/cu-safe-alert-power-outage-reported-in-parts-of-campus/).",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
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