{
  "id": "2026-01-26-mercer-university-atlanta-icing-modified-operations",
  "slug": "mercer-university-atlanta-icing-modified-operations-2026-01-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Mercer University",
    "shortName": "Mercer",
    "state": "GA",
    "type": "private-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Mercer Alert",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-26",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "weather-cleared",
    "headline": "Atlanta icing cancels Day campus and regional classes",
    "headlinePublic": "Atlanta icing cancels Day campus and regional classes",
    "summary": "Mercer [cancelled in-person classes and closed offices at the Atlanta Day campus and two regional academic centers](https://alert.mercer.edu/?p=78) for Monday, January 26, 2026 because of potential overnight icing, then [restored normal schedules for Tuesday](https://alert.mercer.edu/?p=79).",
    "outcome": "Atlanta Day campus and Henry/Douglas regional centers resumed normal schedules Tuesday, January 27. Macon and other locations stayed on a normal Monday schedule."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-01-25T12:32:00-05:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to potential overnight icing in the Atlanta metro area, in-person classes are cancelled and offices will be closed on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta and at the Henry County and Douglas County Regional Academic Centers on Monday, January 26. Individual faculty will communicate with students on how classes will be delivered for modified operations consistent with the University’s Emergency Conditions Policy. Online classes will continue as scheduled. Faculty and staff who can work remotely should plan to do so.\n\nAll other Mercer locations will observe normal schedules on Monday.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alert.mercer.edu/?p=78",
      "sourceDescription": "Mercer University Alerts official archive — Modified Operations Due to Weather",
      "annotations": [
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        "Thread checked N/A (official web archive product, not an X thread).",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-03-12-mercer-university-tornado-warning: different hazard (Atlanta icing / modified operations vs Macon tornado warning)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 617
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-01-26T15:43:43-05:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "The Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta and the Douglas County and Henry County Regional Academic Centers will resume normal schedules on Tuesday, January 27.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alert.mercer.edu/?p=79",
      "sourceDescription": "Mercer University Alerts official archive — Campus Operations Update",
      "annotations": [
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      ],
      "characterCount": 179
    }
  ],
  "context": "Mercer publishes campus-operations notices on the official [alert.mercer.edu](https://alert.mercer.edu/) archive (WordPress). Public Rave `mercer/channel1` still holds only a 2020 Macon tornado-expired item; `mercer/channel2` held an August 2026 marketing test (not filed).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two-message official web sequence: Monday modified operations for Atlanta/regional centers, Tuesday resume. Macon kept a normal Monday."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Mercer Alerts — Modified Operations Due to Weather",
      "url": "https://alert.mercer.edu/?p=78",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-16",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "archive.org save returned HTTP 500 at capture"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mercer Alerts — Campus Operations Update",
      "url": "https://alert.mercer.edu/?p=79",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-16",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "archive.org save returned HTTP 500 at capture"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r2",
    "georgia",
    "mercer",
    "winter-weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-16",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}