{
  "id": "2026-09-18-mit-northwest-campus-power-outage",
  "slug": "mit-northwest-campus-power-outage-2026-09-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "shortName": "MIT",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MIT Alert",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-09-18",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Northwest-campus power outage at listed buildings; later restored",
    "headlinePublic": "Northwest-campus power outage at listed buildings; later restored",
    "summary": "MIT Alert [reported a power outage on the northwest part of campus affecting NW10, NW13, NW14, NW15, NW20, N51, N52, and W64](https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2100991867751956704) and [cleared it 87 minutes later](https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2101013822530015559).",
    "outcome": "Power restored to campus buildings. All-clear posted at 2:21 p.m. ET."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T12:54:30-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "MIT ALERT:  Power outage to the northwest part of campus. NW10, NW13, NW14, NW15, NW20, N51, N52, and W64 impacted. More info: https://emergency.mit.net",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2100991867751956704",
      "sourceDescription": "@MITAlert northwest-campus power outage",
      "annotations": [
        "Triple match 2026-09-20: @MITAlert status, @MITPolice status 2100991867403862135 (same body), and fxtwitter. sha256 9b9c93255b8dade729aeff81a4062bc6f239ac84c87ad552c117c00c95cb22b6. Official double space after MIT ALERT: preserved.",
        "Timeline +/-48h walked 2026-09-20 via from:MITAlert and from:MITPolice since:2026-09-16: the all-clear is an unthreaded follow-up 87 minutes later. No further MIT Alert posts for this incident. A same-day @MITPolice bike-auction post is not an alert.",
        "emergency.mit.net showed No Active Message at capture (post-clear).",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-06-22-mit-campus-power-outage: different date and northwest listed buildings vs most-of-campus outage."
      ],
      "characterCount": 152
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T14:21:44-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "MIT Alert: Power has been restored to campus buildings and the incident is ALL CLEAR. More info: https://emergency.mit.net",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2101013822530015559",
      "sourceDescription": "@MITAlert northwest-campus power restored",
      "annotations": [
        "Triple match 2026-09-20: @MITAlert status, @MITPolice status 2101013822471319696 (same body), and fxtwitter. sha256 bfb43a694d23a0e4a982cadcfb0cdd45437d15b7d115d1dcf22a7a9a62b14aa4. Official MIT Alert (not ALERT) casing on the all-clear preserved."
      ],
      "characterCount": 122
    }
  ],
  "context": "MIT Alert posts emergency products on [@MITAlert](https://x.com/MITAlert), mirrored the same minute on [@MITPolice](https://x.com/MITPolice). Official posts for this incident: the [northwest-campus outage](https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2100991867751956704) and the [all-clear](https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2101013822530015559). The live [emergency.mit.net](https://emergency.mit.net/) page had no active message at capture.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two-message outage then all-clear sequence in 87 minutes, limited to named northwest buildings."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@MITAlert northwest-campus power outage",
      "url": "https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2100991867751956704",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-20",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@MITAlert northwest-campus power restored",
      "url": "https://x.com/MITAlert/status/2101013822530015559",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-20",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "massachusetts",
    "mit",
    "power-outage",
    "fresh-week"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}