{
  "id": "2020-03-23-university-of-washington-disregard-uw-advisory-sent-at-8-33-p-m-march-23-20",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-disregard-uw-advisory-sent-at-8-33-p-m-march-23-20-2020-03-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-03-23",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "DISREGARD: UW Advisory sent at 8:33 p.m. March 23, 2020",
    "headlinePublic": "DISREGARD: UW Advisory sent at 8:33 p.m. March 23, 2020",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/03/23/disregard-uw-advisory-sent-at-833-p-m-march-23-2020/) on or about 2020-03-23. Full text is preserved from the official emergency blog.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2020-03-23",
      "verbatimText": "Please disregard a UW Advisory message which was erroneously sent at 8:33 p.m. to the entire UW list. The message was intended only for a small group of researchers and staff at Friday Harbor Labs (FHL).\n\nWe apologize for any confusion and are looking into the cause of the error.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/03/23/disregard-uw-advisory-sent-at-833-p-m-march-23-2020/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 280,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Washington UW Alert Blog multi-update emergency archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Alert Blog page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "DISREGARD: UW Advisory sent at 8:33 p.m. March 23, 2020",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/03/23/disregard-uw-advisory-sent-at-833-p-m-march-23-2020/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "other"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}