{
  "id": "2025-01-21-east-carolina-university-winter-storm-class-cancellations",
  "slug": "east-carolina-university-winter-storm-class-cancellations-2025-01-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "East Carolina University",
    "shortName": "ECU",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "ECU Alert / @ECUalert",
    "alertPlatform": "Rave",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-21",
    "endDate": "2025-01-23",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Multi-day winter storm class cancellations through noon resume",
    "headlinePublic": "Multi-day winter storm class cancellations through noon resume",
    "summary": "ECU Alert [canceled all classes and events from 3 p.m. Tuesday through noon Wednesday](https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1881752488501710978), [extended cancellations through noon Thursday](https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1882078383619887581), then [announced classes would resume at noon Thursday](https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1882442013896999011).",
    "outcome": "Multi-day winter cancellation window closed with noon Thursday resume. Distinct incident from the same-day North Rec officer-involved shooting (different hazard and campus role)."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-21T12:15:29-05:00",
      "verbatimText": "Due to the winter storm, all classes / events are canceled beginning at 3 p.m. Tue., Jan. 21, through noon Wed., Jan. 22. \nFor more info visit https://www.ecu.edu/alert/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1881752488501710978",
      "sourceDescription": "@ECUalert initial",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent x_thread_fetch match 2026-08-02 (expanded display URLs). Secondary agent path returned t.co URL form; body otherwise identical. SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523).",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-01-21-east-carolina-university-north-rec-officer-involved-shooting: different hazard (winter storm operations vs officer-involved shooting at North Rec Complex) and independent status IDs."
      ],
      "characterCount": 169
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-22T09:50:28-05:00",
      "verbatimText": "Due to impacts from the winter storm, all classes are canceled through noon Thursday, Jan. 23.\nFor more info visit https://www.ecu.edu/alert/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1882078383619887581",
      "sourceDescription": "@ECUalert update",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent x_thread_fetch match 2026-08-02 (expanded display URLs). Secondary agent path returned t.co URL form; body otherwise identical. SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 141
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-23T09:55:24-05:00",
      "verbatimText": "Classes will resume noon Thursday, Jan. 23\nFor more info visit https://www.ecu.edu/alert/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1882442013896999011",
      "sourceDescription": "@ECUalert all-clear",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent x_thread_fetch match 2026-08-02 (expanded display URLs). Secondary agent path returned t.co URL form; body otherwise identical. SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 89
    }
  ],
  "context": "ECU winter operations notices post on [@ECUalert](https://x.com/ECUalert). Employee condition codes and class cancellations are issued through ECU Alert channels.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Three sequenced official notices covered an expanding then closing multi-day winter cancellation window.",
    "Same calendar day as the North Rec no-alert shooting case but different incident type and messaging channel content."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@ECUalert Jan winter cancel initial",
      "url": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1881752488501710978",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-02",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@ECUalert Jan winter cancel extension",
      "url": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1882078383619887581",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-02",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@ECUalert Jan winter resume",
      "url": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1882442013896999011",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-02",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "north-carolina",
    "weather",
    "winter-storm",
    "ecu-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-02",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-02",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}