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Weather Plan A sets virtual operations for the day

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Confirmed Threat

EKU posted Weather Plan A for February 19, with virtual operations and designated employees reporting to work.

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Eastern Kentucky University
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Alert Sequence

1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

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INITIAL ALERTFacebook
Verified verbatim134 chars
Weather Plan A - Urgent: EKU Virtual Operations 02/19/25. Designated Employees report to work. More schedule info: go.eku.edu/weather
Dual independent fetch 2026-10-04. sha256 d228fe689b14f7a7897650c7b43e8d29a477baeca3d22cf627ae7f209e763d5e. Both reads record the post time as 2025-02-18 23:30 UTC, America/New_York EST. The message dates the operations day as 02/19/25.
Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

Weather Plan A - Urgent: EKU Virtual Operations 02/19/25. Designated Employees report to work. More schedule info: go.eku.edu/weather

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    25 of 25 passes marked Source present. EKU names the university that is issuing the operations notice.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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    1. present: EKU names the university that is issuing the operations notice.
    2. present: EKU Virtual Operations names the university as the sender.
    3. present: "EKU" names the university issuing the virtual operations notice.
    4. present: "EKU Virtual Operations" names Eastern Kentucky University as the issuing institution.
    5. present: EKU names the university issuing the virtual operations notice.
    6. present: "EKU" names the university that is issuing the notice.
    7. present: "EKU" names the university issuing the virtual operations notice.
    8. present: "EKU" names the university issuing the notice.
    9. present: EKU Virtual Operations names the university sending the notice.
    10. present: "EKU" names the university that is announcing virtual operations.
    11. present: "EKU" names the university issuing the notice.
    12. present: The message names EKU as the institution moving to virtual operations.
    13. present: "EKU" names the university that is announcing virtual operations.
    14. present: "EKU" names the university that is announcing virtual operations.
    15. present: "EKU" names the university that is announcing virtual operations.
    16. present: EKU names the university that is issuing the virtual operations notice.
    17. present: "EKU" names the university that is issuing the notice.
    18. present: EKU names the university issuing the operations notice.
    19. present: EKU names the university that is issuing the notice.
    20. present: EKU names the university that is issuing the notice.
    21. present: "EKU" names the university sending the virtual operations notice.
    22. present: "EKU" names the university that is issuing the operations notice.
    23. present: EKU names the university sending the Weather Plan A notice.
    24. present: "EKU" names the university that is issuing the notice.
    25. present: EKU names the university that is issuing the operations notice.
  • Hazardpresent13/25

    Final assessment

    13 of 25 passes marked Hazard present and 12 marked it absent. Weather Plan A identifies weather as the hazard behind the schedule change.

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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    1. absent: Weather Plan A names a plan, not a specific threat such as a storm, ice, or flood.
    2. present: Weather Plan A identifies weather as the hazard behind the schedule change.
    3. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the hazard behind the operations change.
    4. absent: "Weather Plan A" does not name a specific threat such as snow, a storm, or flooding.
    5. absent: "Weather Plan A" does not name a specific threat such as snow, a storm, or flooding.
    6. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the threat behind the virtual operations.
    7. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the hazard behind the operations notice.
    8. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the hazard driving the operations change.
    9. absent: Weather Plan A is an operations label and does not name a specific threat such as snow, ice, or a storm.
    10. absent: "Weather Plan A" does not name a specific hazard such as a storm or tornado.
    11. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the hazard behind the operations change.
    12. present: Weather Plan A identifies weather as the threat behind the operations change.
    13. absent: "Weather Plan A" is an operations label and does not name a specific weather threat.
    14. absent: "Weather Plan A" names an operations plan, not a specific hazard such as a storm or flood.
    15. absent: "Weather Plan A" names a plan, not a specific hazard such as snow, ice, or a storm.
    16. present: Weather Plan A identifies weather as the hazard prompting the operations change.
    17. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the hazard prompting the operations change.
    18. absent: Weather Plan A does not name a specific threat such as snow, a storm, or a flood.
    19. absent: Weather Plan A is an operations label and does not name a specific weather threat.
    20. absent: Weather Plan A names an operations plan, not a specific hazard such as snow, ice, or a storm.
    21. present: "Weather Plan A" names weather as the hazard the notice is about.
    22. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the hazard tied to the virtual operations.
    23. present: Weather Plan A identifies weather as the hazard behind the operations change.
    24. absent: "Weather Plan A" does not name a specific threat such as snow, ice, or a storm.
    25. present: "Weather Plan A" identifies weather as the hazard tied to the virtual operations.
  • Locationabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    25 of 25 passes marked Location absent. No campus, building, street, or area is named.

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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    1. absent: No campus, building, street, or area is named.
    2. absent: It never names a campus, building, street, or other location.
    3. absent: No campus, building, street, or area is named.
    4. absent: No campus, building, street, or other place is stated.
    5. absent: No campus, building, street, or area is stated.
    6. absent: It gives a date and a link but no campus, building, street, or other place.
    7. absent: No building, campus, street, or other place is named.
    8. absent: No building, campus area, street, or other location is stated.
    9. absent: No building, street, campus, or other place is given.
    10. absent: No campus, building, street, or other location is stated.
    11. absent: No campus, building, street, or other place is named.
    12. absent: It does not name a campus, building, street, or other location.
    13. absent: No campus, building, street, or other place is given.
    14. absent: No building, campus, street, or other location is given.
    15. absent: No campus, building, street, or other location is stated.
    16. absent: No building, street, campus, or other place is named.
    17. absent: No campus, building, street, or other location is stated.
    18. absent: No building, street, campus, or other place is named.
    19. absent: No campus, building, street, or other place is mentioned.
    20. absent: No campus, building, street, or other place is named.
    21. absent: It names no campus, building, street, or area.
    22. absent: No campus, building, street, or other place is named.
    23. absent: It does not name a campus, building, street, or other place.
    24. absent: No campus, building, street, or other place is named.
    25. absent: It does not name a campus, building, street, or other place.
  • Guidancepresent21/25

    Final assessment

    21 of 25 passes marked Guidance present and 4 marked it absent. It instructs designated employees to report to work.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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    1. present: It instructs designated employees to report to work.
    2. present: Designated Employees report to work is a direct instruction to those recipients.
    3. present: "Designated Employees report to work" is a direct instruction to those recipients.
    4. present: It instructs "Designated Employees report to work", a direct action for those recipients.
    5. absent: Telling designated employees to report to work is a staffing order, not a protective action.
    6. present: "Designated Employees report to work" is a direct instruction to those recipients.
    7. present: It instructs a recipient group with the words "Designated Employees report to work."
    8. present: "Designated Employees report to work" is a direct instruction to those recipients.
    9. present: Designated Employees report to work is a direct instruction to those recipients.
    10. present: "Designated Employees report to work" instructs those recipients on what to do.
    11. present: "Designated Employees report to work" directly instructs those recipients what to do.
    12. present: It instructs designated employees to report to work, a direct action for those recipients.
    13. present: "Designated Employees report to work" directly tells those recipients what to do.
    14. present: "Designated Employees report to work" is a direct instruction to those recipients.
    15. absent: "Designated Employees report to work" is a staffing order, not a protective action such as staying inside.
    16. present: It directly instructs designated employees to report to work.
    17. present: "Designated Employees report to work" directly instructs those recipients what action to take.
    18. present: It instructs designated employees to report to work.
    19. present: Designated employees are instructed to report to work.
    20. present: It tells designated employees to report to work.
    21. absent: "Designated Employees report to work" is a staffing order, not a protective action for recipients.
    22. present: "Designated Employees report to work" directly instructs those recipients on the action to take.
    23. present: Designated Employees report to work is a direct instruction to those recipients.
    24. present: It directly instructs designated employees to "report to work".
    25. absent: It says "Designated Employees report to work", which is a staffing order rather than a protective action such as shelter or stay away.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    25 of 25 passes marked Time present. It includes the date 02/19/25.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    2. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    3. present: The date "02/19/25" says when the virtual operations apply.
    4. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    5. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    6. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    7. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    8. present: The date "02/19/25" states when virtual operations apply.
    9. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    10. present: The notice includes the date 02/19/25.
    11. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    12. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    13. present: It includes the numeric date "02/19/25", which states when the virtual operations apply.
    14. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    15. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    16. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    17. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    18. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    19. present: The date 02/19/25 states when the virtual operations apply.
    20. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    21. present: It includes the date "02/19/25."
    22. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    23. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
    24. present: It includes the date "02/19/25".
    25. present: It includes the date 02/19/25.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    25 of 25 passes marked Impact absent. Urgent marks priority, but the text never states what the weather could do.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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    1. absent: Urgent marks priority, but the text never states what the weather could do.
    2. absent: Urgent signals priority but the text states no harm, damage, or danger.
    3. absent: "Urgent" marks message priority, but no weather consequence or severity is described.
    4. absent: "Urgent" marks message priority and does not state harm or how serious the weather is.
    5. absent: "Urgent" marks priority, but the text never states what harm the weather could cause.
    6. absent: "Urgent" only marks message priority and does not state what the weather could do.
    7. absent: "Urgent" signals priority only, and no harm or severity from the weather is stated.
    8. absent: "Urgent" marks message priority but the text never states what the weather could do to people or property.
    9. absent: Urgent marks priority, but the text never states what harm the weather could cause.
    10. absent: "Urgent" does not describe harm, danger, or other consequences of the weather.
    11. absent: "Urgent" signals priority, but no harm, damage, or other consequence is stated.
    12. absent: Urgent marks priority, but the text never states harm or severity from the weather.
    13. absent: "Urgent" signals priority only, and no harm or severity from the weather is described.
    14. absent: It never says what the weather could do or that it is dangerous.
    15. absent: "Urgent" is a message label, and the text states no weather harm or severity.
    16. absent: The label Urgent shows priority, but the text never states what the weather could do or how severe it is.
    17. absent: "Urgent" signals priority, but the text never states what the weather could do to people or property.
    18. absent: Urgent marks priority, but the text states no weather consequence or severity.
    19. absent: Urgent labels the message, but no damage, danger, or other weather consequence is stated.
    20. absent: Urgent flags priority but the text never says what the weather could do to people or property.
    21. absent: "Urgent" flags priority, but the text never states what the weather could do.
    22. absent: "Urgent" signals priority, but the text never states what the weather could do to people or property.
    23. absent: It does not state a weather consequence or severity, and Urgent only flags message priority.
    24. absent: "Urgent" marks message priority, but no harm or weather consequence is stated.
    25. absent: The word Urgent flags message priority, but the text never states harm, danger, or any weather consequence.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

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Context

Background

EKU posted Weather Plan A for February 19, with virtual operations and designated employees reporting to work.
Analysis

Key Findings

Weather Plan A set virtual operations for February 19.
Outcome
The post set virtual operations for 02/19/25.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Eastern Kentucky University: Weather Plan A sets virtual operations for the day." Incident of February 19, 2025. Added October 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/eastern-kentucky-university-weather-plan-a-2025-02-19/

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