A medium-voltage switch issue cuts power to Alumni Village
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedA facilities alert says Alumni Village lost power after a problem with a nearby medium-voltage switch, and that generators were planned for the next day. The notice is the Alumni Village power outage alert.
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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.
Alumni Village Power Outage - 9/28/26 Facilities was made aware of intermittent power loss starting in the early morning which progressed to full power loss later in the day. It was determined that there was an issue with a nearby medium-voltage switch (which connects the main feeder to Alumni Village). Given the repairs necessary, this required the NYS Office of General Services (NYS-OGS) to become involved for emergency repairs. Based upon discussions with NYS-OGS, generators are set to be installed on Tuesday, 9/29/26 (specific time not yet determined). Once installed, these will provide power until a permanent repair can be made. Once power is restored, it is recommended that residents follow the FDA’s power outage food safety guide. Residents are also covered by personal property coverage as detailed on the Residence License Agreement webpage.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
25 of 25 passes marked Source present and 0 absent. Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named responding authorities, so aspen counts source as present.
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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- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named responding authorities, so aspen counts source as present.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named as the responding units, so source is present in this brook reading.
- present: The clover notice identifies Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services as the authorities involved in the repair.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named as involved authorities in this dune review.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named as the parties handling the outage in this ember pass.
- present: The flint notice identifies Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services as authorities involved in the response.
- present: This grove identifies responding authorities by naming Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named responding authorities, so hazel codes source as present.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named as inlet authorities handling the outage.
- present: The message names Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services as responding authorities, so source is present in this juniper review.
- present: The message names Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services as responding authorities, so source is present in this kelp review.
- present: "Facilities" and the named agency "NYS Office of General Services" identify responding authorities, so laurel codes source as present.
- present: NYS Office of General Services is named as the agency involved for emergency repairs in this moss coding.
- present: The NYS Office of General Services is named as the agency handling emergency repairs, so nutmeg source is present.
- present: It identifies Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services as the authorities handling repairs in this orchid message.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named pine authorities handling the outage.
- present: "Facilities" and the NYS Office of General Services are named responding authorities, so this quill marks source as present.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named responding authorities on this ridge of the text.
- present: The sage view is that Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named authorities, so source is present.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named as involved responders, so the timber source element is present.
- present: The upland message names Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services as offices involved in the response.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named as authorities handling the repairs in this vale.
- present: "Facilities" and "NYS Office of General Services" name responding authorities, so wheat codes source as present.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named as the parties handling the repairs, so yew marks source present.
- present: Facilities and the NYS Office of General Services are named authorities in the message, so zinc marks source as present.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
25 of 25 passes marked Hazard present and 0 absent. The text names a power outage and full power loss, so aspen counts the hazard as present.
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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- present: The text names a power outage and full power loss, so aspen counts the hazard as present.
- present: Power outage and full power loss name a specific hazard, which this brook coding marks present.
- present: The clover text states a power outage that became a full power loss, which names the hazard.
- present: Power outage and full power loss name a specific hazard rather than a vague incident in this dune review.
- present: A power outage caused by a failed medium voltage switch is a specific hazard in this ember pass.
- present: The flint text states a power outage that became full power loss, which is a specific hazard.
- present: This grove states a specific hazard, a "Power Outage" that became "full power loss", rather than a vague incident.
- present: Power outage and full power loss name a specific hazard, so hazel codes hazard as present.
- present: Intermittent power loss that became full power loss is the specific inlet hazard.
- present: It states "Power Outage" and "full power loss", a specific hazard rather than a generic incident, in this juniper review.
- present: It specifies a power outage and full power loss from a medium voltage switch issue, so hazard is present in this kelp review.
- present: "Power Outage" and "full power loss" name the specific problem, so laurel codes hazard as present.
- present: Power Outage and full power loss name a specific hazard, not a generic incident, in this moss coding.
- present: Power outage and full power loss name the specific nutmeg hazard.
- present: Full power loss and a power outage name a specific hazard in this orchid notice.
- present: Power outage and full power loss state the specific pine hazard.
- present: "Power Outage" and "full power loss" name a specific hazard, so this quill marks hazard as present.
- present: Power outage and full power loss state the specific hazard on this ridge of the text.
- present: The sage view is that Power Outage and full power loss name the specific hazard, so hazard is present.
- present: The message states a power outage and full power loss, a specific timber hazard rather than a vague emergency.
- present: The upland text states a specific power outage and full power loss, not a vague emergency.
- present: The message states a power outage that became full power loss, naming the specific hazard in this vale.
- present: "Power Outage" and "full power loss" name the specific hazard, so wheat codes hazard as present.
- present: Full power loss and a power outage name a specific hazard, which yew codes as present.
- present: Power outage and full power loss name the specific hazard, so zinc marks hazard as present.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
25 of 25 passes marked Location present and 0 absent. Alumni Village names the place affected, so aspen counts location as present.
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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- present: Alumni Village names the place affected, so aspen counts location as present.
- present: Alumni Village is a named place, so location is present in this brook review.
- present: The clover message says the outage is at Alumni Village, a named place.
- present: Alumni Village names the place affected by the outage in this dune review.
- present: Alumni Village names the place of the outage, so location is present in this ember pass.
- present: The flint message locates the outage at Alumni Village, a named place.
- present: This grove places the outage at "Alumni Village", a named campus location.
- present: Alumni Village is a named place, so hazel codes location as present.
- present: Alumni Village names the inlet place affected by the outage.
- present: It places the outage at "Alumni Village", a named place, so location is present in this juniper review.
- present: Alumni Village is named as the affected place, so location is present in this kelp review.
- present: "Alumni Village" is a named place where the outage occurred, so laurel codes location as present.
- present: Alumni Village is a named place, so location is present in this moss coding.
- present: Alumni Village is a named place, so nutmeg location is present.
- present: Alumni Village is named as the place affected, so location is present in this orchid message.
- present: Alumni Village names the pine place of the outage.
- present: "Alumni Village" names the place affected, so this quill marks location as present.
- present: Alumni Village names the place of the outage on this ridge of the text.
- present: The sage view is that Alumni Village is a named place, so location is present.
- present: Alumni Village is a named place, so the timber location element is present.
- present: The upland alert places the outage at Alumni Village, a named location.
- present: Alumni Village is named as the place affected by the outage in this vale.
- present: "Alumni Village" names the place affected, so wheat codes location as present.
- present: Alumni Village is a named place, so yew marks location present.
- present: Alumni Village is a named place where the outage occurred, so zinc marks location as present.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
25 of 25 passes marked Guidance present and 0 absent. It recommends that residents follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so aspen counts guidance as present.
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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- present: It recommends that residents follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so aspen counts guidance as present.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so guidance is present in this brook pass.
- present: The clover alert recommends that residents follow the FDA power outage food safety guide once power returns.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide once power returns in this dune review.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, which is protective guidance in this ember pass.
- present: The flint text recommends that residents follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, an instruction to them.
- present: This grove tells residents to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, which is a protective instruction.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so hazel codes guidance as present.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, which is an inlet protective instruction.
- present: It recommends that residents follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, a protective instruction, in this juniper review.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so guidance is present in this kelp review.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so laurel codes guidance as present.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide in this moss coding.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, which counts as nutmeg guidance.
- present: It recommends that residents follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, a protective instruction in this orchid notice.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, a pine protective action.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so this quill marks guidance as present.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide on this ridge of the text.
- present: The sage view is that residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so guidance is present.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, which is timber guidance to recipients.
- present: The upland message recommends that residents follow the FDA power outage food safety guide.
- present: Residents are instructed to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide once power returns in this vale.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so wheat codes guidance as present.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, an instruction yew counts as guidance.
- present: Residents are told to follow the FDA power outage food safety guide, so zinc marks guidance as present.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
25 of 25 passes marked Time present and 0 absent. The dates 9/28/26 and 9/29/26 state when the outage and repairs occur, so aspen counts time as present.
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.
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- present: The dates 9/28/26 and 9/29/26 state when the outage and repairs occur, so aspen counts time as present.
- present: The dates 9/28/26 and 9/29/26 plus early morning say when events happened, so time is present in this brook score.
- present: The clover text includes the date 9/28/26 and says the loss began in the early morning.
- present: The date 9/28/26, early morning, and Tuesday 9/29/26 convey when events occur in this dune review.
- present: The date 9/28/26 plus early morning and later in the day state when the outage unfolded in this ember pass.
- present: The flint alert gives the date 9/28/26 and says the loss started in the early morning.
- present: This grove gives the dates 9/28/26 and 9/29/26 and says the loss started in the early morning.
- present: The dates 9/28/26 and Tuesday 9/29/26 plus early morning state when, so hazel codes time as present.
- present: The date 9/28/26 plus early morning and later in the day give the inlet timing.
- present: Dates "9/28/26" and "Tuesday, 9/29/26" plus "early morning" convey when, so time is present in this juniper review.
- present: The date 9/28/26 plus early morning and Tuesday 9/29/26 convey when events occur, so time is present in this kelp review.
- present: "9/28/26", "early morning", and "Tuesday, 9/29/26" state when events occur, so laurel codes time as present.
- present: The dates 9/28/26 and 9/29/26 plus early morning convey when, so time is present in this moss coding.
- present: The message gives the date 9/28/26, early morning, and Tuesday 9/29/26, so nutmeg time is present.
- present: The date 9/28/26 plus early morning and later in the day state when the outage happened in this orchid message.
- present: The date 9/28/26, early morning, later in the day, and Tuesday 9/29/26 are pine time cues.
- present: The date 9/28/26 plus "early morning" and Tuesday 9/29/26 convey when, so this quill marks time as present.
- present: Dates 9/28/26 and Tuesday 9/29/26 plus early morning convey when this happened on this ridge of the text.
- present: The sage view is that 9/28/26, early morning, and Tuesday 9/29/26 state when, so time is present.
- present: The date 9/28/26 and early morning timing convey when the outage occurred, so the timber time element is present.
- present: The upland text gives the date 9/28/26, early morning, later in the day, and Tuesday 9/29/26.
- present: The date 9/28/26, early morning, and Tuesday 9/29/26 convey when the outage and repairs occur in this vale.
- present: The date "9/28/26" and "early morning" say when the outage occurred, so wheat codes time as present.
- present: The date 9/28/26, early morning, later in the day, and Tuesday 9/29/26 convey when, so yew marks time present.
- present: The dates 9/28/26 and Tuesday 9/29/26 plus early morning convey when, so zinc marks time as present.
Impactabsent2/25
Final assessment
2 of 25 passes marked Impact present and 23 absent. The text never states injury, danger, or property damage, so aspen counts impact as absent.
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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- absent: The text never states injury, danger, or property damage, so aspen counts impact as absent.
- absent: The text never states harm, danger, or another consequence of the outage, so impact is absent in this brook review.
- absent: The clover message explains the outage and repairs but does not state injury, damage, or other harm.
- absent: The text does not state injury, danger, or other harm from the outage in this dune review.
- absent: No harm, danger, or severity to people or property is stated, so impact is absent in this ember pass.
- absent: The flint wording does not state what harm the outage could cause or how severe it is.
- present: This grove points to food safety and personal property coverage, which clearly imply harm to people and belongings.
- absent: No harm, injury, or severity is stated beyond the outage itself, so hazel codes impact as absent.
- absent: The text does not state injury, spoilage, or other inlet harm from the outage.
- absent: It does not state what the outage could do to people or property, so impact is absent in this juniper review.
- absent: No harm, danger, or severity to people or property is stated beyond the outage itself, so impact is absent in this kelp review.
- absent: The text does not state harm, injury, or severity beyond naming the outage, so laurel codes impact as absent.
- absent: The text never states harm or severity to people or property, so impact is absent in this moss coding.
- absent: It never states injury, foodborne harm, or property damage, so nutmeg impact is absent.
- absent: It never states harm, danger, or severity, and mentioning a food safety guide does not convey a consequence in this orchid text.
- absent: The message never states injury, danger, or property harm as a pine consequence.
- absent: The text never states harm, danger, or another consequence of the outage, so this quill marks impact as absent.
- absent: The text never states injury, danger, or other harm beyond the outage name on this ridge of the text.
- absent: The sage view is that no harm to people or property is stated, so impact is absent.
- absent: The text does not state harm, danger, or severity from the outage, so the timber impact element is absent.
- absent: The upland alert describes the outage and repairs but does not state harm, danger, or another severity.
- absent: The text does not state any harm, injury, or property damage beyond naming the outage in this vale.
- absent: The text never states harm to people or property beyond the outage itself, so wheat codes impact as absent.
- absent: No harm, danger, or other consequence is stated beyond the outage itself, so yew marks impact absent.
- present: Full power loss and the food safety guide imply harm to stored food and daily life, so zinc marks impact as present.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Purchase College, State University of New York: A medium-voltage switch issue cuts power to Alumni Village." Incident of September 28, 2026. Added October 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/suny-purchase-college-alumni-village-power-outage-2026-09-28/
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