{
  "id": "2022-10-25-macalester-college-roseville-wea-false-alarm-clarification",
  "slug": "macalester-college-roseville-wea-false-alarm-clarification-2022-10-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Macalester College",
    "shortName": "Macalester",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "private-liberal-arts",
    "alertSystemName": "official X / @Macalester",
    "enrollment": 2100
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-10-25",
    "type": "false-alarm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Regional WEA mis-sent; college clarifies and all-clears",
    "headlinePublic": "Regional WEA mis-sent; college clarifies and all-clears",
    "summary": "Macalester [clarified a Roseville emergency alert was not college-sent](https://x.com/Macalester/status/1584941367280930817) and [issued all-clear for shelter-in-place with no campus danger](https://x.com/Macalester/status/1584943171410137088).",
    "outcome": "False regional WEA; campus not in danger."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2022-10-25T11:14:03-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "The emergency alert notice you just received was not sent by Macalester College. The incident occurred in Roseville and was inadvertently sent to a wider area than intended. The college will communicate further details, as necessary.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/Macalester/status/1584941367280930817",
      "sourceDescription": "@Macalester WEA clarification",
      "characterCount": 233,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-04; second blind sha256 match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
      "textSha256": "dfb83de376625d714dfcf6ca8ba52be5a94b1f66e568f6a182a8a28bfba088a9"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2022-10-25T11:21:13-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "All clear for shelter in place. There is no immediate danger in the campus area. The emergency alert was inadvertently sent to a wider area than intended.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/Macalester/status/1584943171410137088",
      "sourceDescription": "@Macalester all-clear",
      "characterCount": 154,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-04; second blind sha256 match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
      "textSha256": "2f9b90a89a8c4c500057254c1fd1b0468183c4e64d057a759fddd13dbec95862"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official private liberal arts college X channel.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official full-text X capture with dual blind confirmation; WEA over-reach clarification product."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@Macalester WEA clarification",
      "url": "https://x.com/Macalester/status/1584941367280930817",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@Macalester all-clear",
      "url": "https://x.com/Macalester/status/1584943171410137088",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-liberal-arts",
    "minnesota",
    "false-alarm",
    "macalester",
    "wea"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}