{
  "id": "2018-12-27-university-of-washington-uw-advisory-seattle-power-outage",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-advisory-seattle-power-outage-2018-12-27",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2018-12-27",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "UW Advisory Seattle: Power outage",
    "headlinePublic": "UW Advisory Seattle: Power outage",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert](https://emergency.uw.edu/2018/12/27/uw-advisory-seattle-power-outage/) on or about 2018-12-27. 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 2018-12-27",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 4:47 p.m.: Power has been fully restored.\n\nUPDATE at 11:29 a.m.: Power has been restored to three of the four affected buildings, but Stevens Court remains without service and traffic lights are out on Pacific Ave.\n\nSeattle City Light is posting occasional updates on its Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/SEACityLight.\n\nORIGINAL POST: Four UW apartment complexes are among some 1,000-plus customers affected by a Seattle City Light outage first reported at 7:32 a.m. The known UW buildings affected include Stevens Court, Nordheim Court, Blakeley Village and Laurel Village.\n\nTraffic lights along Montlake Blvd. are also out, so please use caution as you approach campus this morning.\n\nHere is a link to Seattle City Light's outage map, which reflects current outages in the area: http://www.seattle.gov/light/sysstat2/\n\nUpdates will be provided on this page as they become available.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2018/12/27/uw-advisory-seattle-power-outage/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 895,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Advisory Seattle: Power outage",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2018/12/27/uw-advisory-seattle-power-outage/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "other"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}