{
  "id": "2026-10-12-university-of-new-hampshire-durham-campus-wide-power-outage",
  "slug": "university-of-new-hampshire-durham-campus-wide-power-outage-2026-10-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of New Hampshire",
    "shortName": "UNH",
    "state": "NH",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UNH Alerts / Wildcat Safety Bulletin",
    "enrollment": 14000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-12",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "unfounded",
    "headline": "Campus-wide power outage alert, restored about 70 minutes later",
    "headlinePublic": "Campus-wide power outage alert, restored about 70 minutes later",
    "summary": "On the evening of Monday, October 12, 2026, UNH Police posted a UNH Alert that the Durham campus was [experiencing a campus-wide power outage](https://x.com/UNH_Police/status/2109778745498259518) and promised an update within two hours. A [restoration notice](https://x.com/UNH_Police/status/2109796978922009036) followed at 8:02 PM EDT.",
    "outcome": "Power was restored to the Durham campus by 8:02 PM EDT on October 12, 2026. The cause was not stated in the alerts."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-12T18:50:25-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UNH Alert: UNH Durham Campus currently experiencing a campus-wide power outage, crews are working to restore, anticipate an update within 2 hours",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UNH_Police/status/2109778745498259518",
      "sourceDescription": "@UNH_Police 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.",
        "The initial message set an expectation for the next update (\"within 2 hours\") and met it."
      ],
      "characterCount": 145
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-12T20:02:52-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UNH Alert: Power has been restored to the UNH Durham Campus, if you continue to have power issues call UNH Facilities at 603-862-1437",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UNH_Police/status/2109796978922009036",
      "sourceDescription": "@UNH_Police 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.",
        "Gives a Facilities phone number for anyone still without power."
      ],
      "characterCount": 133
    }
  ],
  "context": "Both messages were posted by the [UNH Police account](https://x.com/UNH_Police) with the \"UNH Alert:\" prefix. No cause or affected-building list was given.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The first message promised a time for the next update, and the restoration notice arrived 72 minutes later, inside that window.",
    "The all-clear ended with a phone number for remaining problems rather than a general \"resume normal activity\" line."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@UNH_Police: UNH Alert, Durham campus-wide power outage",
      "url": "https://x.com/UNH_Police/status/2109778745498259518",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UNH_Police: UNH Alert, power restored",
      "url": "https://x.com/UNH_Police/status/2109796978922009036",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "power-outage",
    "public-r1",
    "new-hampshire",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}