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  "id": "2026-09-30-university-of-illinois-chicago-campus-power-outage",
  "slug": "university-of-illinois-chicago-campus-power-outage-2026-09-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Illinois Chicago",
    "shortName": "UIC",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UIC Alert",
    "alertPlatform": "X",
    "enrollment": 34000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "restored",
    "headline": "Power outage across the east, west, and south sides of campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Power outage across the east, west, and south sides of campus",
    "summary": "UIC Alert [reported a power outage on the east, west, and south campus](https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105351124555313239) and later said power had been restored.",
    "outcome": "Student Center East was closed during the outage and then reopened. An all-clear said power was restored and regular activities could resume."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-30T12:36:38-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "[UIC ALERT] Power outage affecting East, West, & South campus. UIC authorities are responding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105351124555313239",
      "sourceDescription": "@UICReady power outage",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent thread fetch 2026-10-04. sha256 90683da6dbbd2afa65ed91d762e8d68a0fed32e3019768dabf720ee9eaaed6ef. Times are America/Chicago CDT (UTC-5).",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-04: the incident sequence is this post plus 2105370351026766310, 2105381881529155792, and 2105387807057248737. No replies on the four posts."
      ],
      "characterCount": 94
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-30T13:53:02-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "[UIC ALERT]  Working to restore power at Student Center East.  The building will be closed until further notice.  Please avoid the area due to power outage.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105370351026766310",
      "sourceDescription": "@UICReady Student Center East closed",
      "annotations": [
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    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-30T14:38:51-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "[UIC ALERT] Student Center East is now open.  Some areas may continue to experience minor impacts from the power outage.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105381881529155792",
      "sourceDescription": "@UICReady Student Center East open",
      "annotations": [
        "Sequence 3. sha256 246cc0010ebc10442bd7674d37a204bfd0af14d5cd5f34fe2b56dc700903758a."
      ],
      "characterCount": 120
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    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-30T15:02:24-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "[UIC ALERT] All clear at UIC. Power has been restored. Resume regular campus activities.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105387807057248737",
      "sourceDescription": "@UICReady power restored",
      "annotations": [
        "Sequence 4 all-clear. sha256 d4bcd9cadf5cae83cd3e5f1f489f6b777dc465ec0f64d27d1aa6060f44f85413."
      ],
      "characterCount": 88
    }
  ],
  "context": "UIC Alert posts on [@UICReady](https://x.com/UICReady). The sequence is the [outage alert](https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105351124555313239), the [Student Center East closure](https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105370351026766310), the [reopening](https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105381881529155792), and the [all-clear](https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105387807057248737).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A power outage affected the east, west, and south campus. Student Center East closed and then reopened before the all-clear."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@UICReady power outage",
      "url": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105351124555313239",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UICReady Student Center East closed",
      "url": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105370351026766310",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UICReady Student Center East open",
      "url": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105381881529155792",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UICReady power restored",
      "url": "https://x.com/UICReady/status/2105387807057248737",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "illinois",
    "uic",
    "power-outage",
    "fresh-week"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}