{
  "id": "2016-05-02-university-of-missouri-power-surge",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-power-surge-2016-05-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2016-05-02",
    "type": "hazmat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Power surge campus operations MU Alert notice",
    "headlinePublic": "Power surge campus operations MU Alert notice",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an MU Alert update](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/05-02-power-surge) on or about 2016-05-02. 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 2016-05-02",
      "verbatimText": "May 2, 2016\n\nUpdated 10:08 p.m.\n\nA previous update reported the alarms due to a power surge. It is now known this was due to a water pressure surge. Multiple fire alarms have been activated unintentionally across campus. Everyone is safe, and officials from campus facilities are working on the problem.\n\nPlease do not distribute unconfirmed information or rumors or post or pass along rumors on social media outlets. Safety is the university's top priority and we are working hard to assure that the campus remains safe while information is obtained and confirmed.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/05-02-power-surge",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official mualert.missouri.edu update page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 565,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Missouri MU Alert official updates archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official MU Alert update page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Power Surge",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/05-02-power-surge",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "hazmat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}