Power Outage Updates and Reminders

To check this alert, Claude Opus 5.5 (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.

• Sourceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads agree no sender is named; the only identifying cue is the web address umd.edu/aware, which is not an issuing authority.

  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. absent: No sender or agency is named; only a web address appears.
  2. absent: No sender or agency is named.
  3. absent: No sender, brand, or agency is named.
  4. absent: No sender is named in the text.
  5. absent: The text names no sender, brand, or agency; only a URL, umd.edu/aware, appears.
  6. absent: No sender is named, only a web address.
  7. absent: No sender or agency is named.
  8. absent: No sender or agency is named; only a umd.edu link appears.
  9. absent: No sender is identified beyond a umd.edu web address.
  10. absent: No sender, brand, or agency is named, only a URL.
  11. absent: No sender or issuing authority is identified.
  12. absent: No sender or agency is named, only a web address.
  13. absent: Only a web address appears, and no sender or agency is named.
  14. absent: No sender is named; only a web address appears.
  15. absent: No sender or authority is named, only a URL.
  16. absent: No sender or agency is named, only the umd.edu/aware link.
  17. absent: No sender or agency is named, only a web address.
  18. absent: No sender, agency, or brand is named, only a web address.
  19. absent: No sender or agency is named, only the umd.edu/aware link.
  20. absent: No sender or agency is named.
  21. absent: No sender or agency is named.
  22. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature is named.
  23. absent: No sender, agency, or brand is named; only a web address appears.
  24. absent: No sender, office, or agency is named; only a web link appears.
  25. absent: The text names no sender, office, or agency; it refers only to 'Crews' and the umd.edu/aware page.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the reference to power being restored and affected buildings names a power outage as the hazard.

  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. present: It refers to power being restored, naming a power outage.
  2. present: It refers to power being restored, implying a power outage.
  3. present: It refers to a power outage, with power being restored.
  4. present: Power restoration implies a power outage.
  5. present: It refers to a power outage, with buildings awaiting power being 'restored'.
  6. present: The text refers to power being restored, naming a power outage.
  7. present: Refers to a power outage, with power being restored.
  8. present: It refers to power being restored, identifying a power outage.
  9. present: It refers to power being restored, implying a power outage.
  10. present: It implies a power outage with 'power is restored'.
  11. present: It concerns a power outage affecting buildings.
  12. present: It refers to power being restored, naming a power outage.
  13. present: It refers to a power outage being restored.
  14. present: It implies a power outage with power being restored.
  15. present: Refers to power restoration, a power outage.
  16. present: A power outage is implied by "power is restored".
  17. present: A power outage is implied by restoring power to affected buildings.
  18. present: It refers to power restoration, implying a power outage.
  19. present: Refers to power being restored to affected buildings, a power outage.
  20. present: Power outage implied by power being restored to affected buildings.
  21. present: It refers to a power outage with power being restored.
  22. present: It refers to power being restored, naming a power outage.
  23. present: It concerns a power outage, with power 'being restored'.
  24. present: "As power is restored" indicates a power outage.
  25. present: It says 'power is restored' to affected buildings, identifying a power outage as the hazard.
• Locationabsent9/25

  Final assessment

  Absent by a 16 to 9 majority: the text mentions only affected buildings without naming any; a minority counted that phrase as a location.

  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: It mentions 'affected buildings' without naming any place.
  2. absent: No specific building or place is named.
  3. absent: It mentions only unnamed 'affected buildings'.
  4. absent: Only 'affected buildings', no specific place.
  5. present: It refers to 'affected buildings'.
  6. absent: It mentions only "affected buildings" without naming any place.
  7. present: Refers to affected buildings.
  8. present: It references affected buildings.
  9. absent: It mentions "affected buildings" but names no place.
  10. absent: It refers only to unnamed 'affected buildings'.
  11. absent: No specific building or place is named.
  12. present: It refers to affected buildings.
  13. absent: It mentions affected buildings without naming any place.
  14. present: It refers to affected buildings.
  15. absent: Only 'affected buildings'; no specific place.
  16. absent: Only "affected buildings" are mentioned, none named.
  17. present: It refers to affected buildings.
  18. absent: It mentions 'affected buildings' without naming any place.
  19. absent: No specific building or place is named.
  20. absent: No specific building or place is named.
  21. absent: It references 'affected buildings' without naming any place.
  22. present: It mentions affected buildings and relocated courses.
  23. absent: It mentions 'affected buildings' without naming any place.
  24. present: It refers to affected buildings.
  25. present: It refers to 'the list of affected buildings' and course relocations on campus.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads agree guidance is present: readers are told to follow the latest guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor your email for further updates.

  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 tells readers to 'follow the latest guidance' and 'monitor your email for further updates'.
  2. present: It tells people to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  3. present: It tells readers to follow the latest guidance and monitor email for updates.
  4. present: Follow the latest guidance and monitor email.
  5. present: It tells readers to 'follow the latest guidance' and 'monitor your email'.
  6. present: It tells readers to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  7. present: Tells readers to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  8. present: It tells readers to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  9. present: It says to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email for updates.
  10. present: It says 'continue to follow the latest guidance' and 'monitor your email'.
  11. present: It tells readers to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  12. present: It tells readers to follow guidance and monitor email for updates.
  13. present: It tells readers to follow guidance and monitor email.
  14. present: It tells people to follow the latest guidance and monitor email.
  15. present: Says 'continue to follow the latest guidance' and 'monitor your email'.
  16. present: It asks readers to "follow the latest guidance" and "monitor your email".
  17. present: It tells readers to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  18. present: It tells readers to follow the latest guidance and monitor email for updates.
  19. present: Tells readers to 'follow the latest guidance' and 'monitor your email'.
  20. present: Follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  21. present: It asks people to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  22. present: It says to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  23. present: It tells readers to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  24. present: It says to follow guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor email.
  25. present: It tells readers to 'continue to follow the latest guidance at umd.edu/aware and monitor your email'.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the message references Wednesday and ongoing restoration, conveying timing and recency.

  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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  1. present: It references 'Wednesday' and ongoing restoration.
  2. present: It refers to Wednesday and ongoing restoration.
  3. present: It references Wednesday and ongoing updates.
  4. present: Refers to Wednesday and ongoing progress.
  5. present: It references 'Wednesday' course relocations.
  6. present: It refers to "Wednesday" and ongoing progress.
  7. present: Mentions Wednesday.
  8. present: It references Wednesday course relocations and ongoing restoration.
  9. present: It refers to courses on Wednesday.
  10. present: It mentions 'Wednesday' courses.
  11. present: It references Wednesday and ongoing restoration.
  12. present: It mentions courses on Wednesday and ongoing progress.
  13. present: It mentions Wednesday.
  14. present: It references Wednesday.
  15. present: Refers to 'Wednesday'.
  16. present: It says crews "continue" and mentions "Wednesday".
  17. present: It mentions Wednesday and ongoing progress.
  18. present: It references 'Wednesday' and ongoing progress.
  19. present: Refers to 'courses on Wednesday'.
  20. present: Wednesday.
  21. present: It mentions Wednesday.
  22. present: It references 'Wednesday' and ongoing restoration.
  23. present: It references 'Wednesday' and ongoing progress.
  24. present: It references Wednesday and ongoing progress.
  25. present: It says crews 'continue to make progress' and mentions courses 'on Wednesday', conveying an ongoing situation.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads agree no consequence or severity of the outage is stated beyond relocated courses.

  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: No consequence or severity of the outage is stated.
  2. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  3. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  4. absent: No consequence stated.
  5. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  6. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  7. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  8. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  9. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  10. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  11. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed.
  12. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  13. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  14. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  15. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed.
  16. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  17. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed.
  18. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  19. absent: No consequence or severity stated.
  20. absent: No consequence or severity stated.
  21. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  22. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  23. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  24. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
  25. absent: It describes restoration progress and relocations but does not state any harm or severity from the outage.