{
  "id": "2020-10-22-university-of-missouri-network-outage",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-network-outage-2020-10-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-10-22",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "weather campus emergency notice",
    "headlinePublic": "weather campus emergency notice",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an official alert](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2020/10-22-network-outage) on or about 2020-10-22. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2020-10-22",
      "verbatimText": "Oct. 22, 2020\n\n11:29 a.m.\n\nDue to the networking outage this morning, email delivery will be delayed for some messages that were sent or received between 6-10 a.m. this morning. Those messages are currently queued, but are being processed and should be delivered in the next few hours.\n\n10:19 a.m.\n\nServices are coming back up now and should begin to be accessible. Check your internet connections, email, VPN, and report any problems to 573-882-5000. We'll provide updates about afternoon classes as soon as possible.\n\n9:51 a.m.\n\nDue to continued technical issues, Mizzou is postponing all classes that start before noon. Find more information here: status.missouri.edu\n\n8:54 a.m.\n\nDue to widespread technical issues, 9 a.m. classes at MU are postponed. Stay tuned for updates. Find more information here: status.missouri.edu\n\n8:00 a.m.\n\nWe are aware of a campuswide internet outage. The MU Division of IT is working to solve the issue.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2020/10-22-network-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 937,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official MU Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Network Outage",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2020/10-22-network-outage",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}