{
  "id": "2026-10-16-tulane-university-freret-street-emergency-entergy-pole-repair",
  "slug": "tulane-university-freret-street-emergency-entergy-pole-repair-2026-10-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Tulane University",
    "shortName": "Tulane",
    "state": "LA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TU Alert / Office of Emergency Preparedness",
    "enrollment": 14000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-16",
    "type": "infrastructure-failure",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Emergency utility pole repair closes a street beside the uptown campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Emergency utility pole repair closes a street beside the uptown campus",
    "summary": "At 4:41 PM CDT on Friday, October 16, 2026, Tulane posted a [TU Alert](https://x.com/Tulane/status/2111210993372074012) that Freret Street was closed from Audubon St. to Calhoun St. near the uptown campus for an emergency Entergy pole repair, and [lifted the restrictions](https://x.com/Tulane/status/2111250744787533921) at 7:19 PM CDT.",
    "outcome": "Entergy completed the repair and all restrictions were lifted by 7:19 PM CDT on October 16, 2026."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-16T16:41:39-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TU Alert: A portion of Freret Street is currently closed from Audubon St. to Calhoun St. near the uptown campus for an emergency Entergy pole repair. Please use alternate streets. Employees parked on Law Rd. and Engineering Rd. should exit towards Calhoun.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/Tulane/status/2111210993372074012",
      "sourceDescription": "@Tulane post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Includes exit directions for employees parked on Law Rd. and Engineering Rd."
      ],
      "characterCount": 256
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-16T19:19:37-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TU Alert: Entergy has completed repairs on Freret St. and all restrictions have been lifted. Thank you for your cooperation.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/Tulane/status/2111250744787533921",
      "sourceDescription": "@Tulane post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted."
      ],
      "characterCount": 124
    }
  ],
  "context": "Freret Street runs along the uptown campus. Entergy is the New Orleans electric utility.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The alert gave specific exit directions to people already parked, not just a detour.",
    "The all-clear came about two and a half hours later."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@Tulane: TU Alert, Freret Street closed for emergency Entergy pole repair",
      "url": "https://x.com/Tulane/status/2111210993372074012",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@Tulane: TU Alert, Freret St. restrictions lifted",
      "url": "https://x.com/Tulane/status/2111250744787533921",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "infrastructure-failure",
    "private-r1",
    "louisiana",
    "road-closure",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}