Campus opens as a county evacuation shelter during atmospheric-river storms

To check this alert, Claude (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.

• Sourceabsent1/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: no sender or agency is identified beyond the institution's name.

  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, agency, or branded signature identified
  2. present: Cabrillo College names itself as issuing this notice.
  3. absent: No sender or agency identified in the text
  4. absent: No sender or issuing authority identified in the text.
  5. absent: No sender or authority named
  6. absent: No sender or authority named in the text.
  7. absent: No sender or agency named.
  8. absent: No sender, system name, or authority identified in the text.
  9. absent: No sender or authority named
  10. absent: No sender or agency identified in this excerpt.
  11. absent: No sender or issuing authority named
  12. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identifies who issued this.
  13. absent: No branded signature or named agency identified in this fragment.
  14. absent: No sender or issuing authority named.
  15. absent: No sender or agency identified
  16. absent: No sender or agency identified, only 'Cabrillo College' named as institution context.
  17. absent: No sender or agency named
  18. absent: No sender signature or agency named.
  19. absent: No sender or agency identified in this text.
  20. absent: No sender or agency identified.
  21. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identified in text.
  22. absent: No sender or agency named in the text.
  23. absent: No sender or agency identified in the text.
  24. absent: No sender or authority identified in the text
  25. absent: No sender name, agency, or branded signature identified.
• Hazardabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the message only announces an evacuation shelter opening and never names the underlying hazard that triggered it.

  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: No hazard described, only that an evacuation shelter is open
  2. absent: Never states what emergency prompted the shelter opening.
  3. absent: No hazard named, only refers to an evacuation shelter being open
  4. absent: No hazard described, only an evacuation shelter opening notice.
  5. absent: Only describes evacuation shelter opening, no hazard named
  6. absent: No hazard named, only informational shelter opening notice.
  7. absent: No hazard named, this is an evacuation shelter opening notice.
  8. absent: No hazard named; this only announces an evacuation shelter opening, not a threat.
  9. absent: No hazard stated, only that an evacuation shelter is open
  10. absent: No hazard named, this is an evacuation shelter opening notice.
  11. absent: No hazard named, this is an evacuation shelter opening notice
  12. absent: No hazard named; describes an evacuation shelter opening, not a threat.
  13. absent: No hazard named, this is an evacuation shelter opening notice.
  14. absent: No specific hazard named, only an evacuation shelter announcement.
  15. absent: No hazard named, only that an evacuation shelter is open
  16. absent: No hazard named, this is an evacuation shelter opening notice.
  17. absent: No hazard named, only refers to an evacuation shelter being open
  18. absent: No hazard named; message only announces an evacuation shelter opening.
  19. absent: No hazard named, only that an evacuation shelter is open.
  20. absent: No hazard named; message is about an evacuation shelter opening, not the triggering hazard.
  21. absent: No specific hazard named, only that a shelter is open.
  22. absent: No hazard named, only evacuation shelter opening announced.
  23. absent: No hazard named; only describes evacuation shelter opening.
  24. absent: No hazard named, only an evacuation shelter opening announcement
  25. absent: No hazard named; only describes an evacuation shelter opening, not the triggering threat.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the campus address and named facilities (cafeteria, Lot K, Parking Structure P) specify the 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. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'
  2. present: Gives address, cafeteria, lot, and parking structure locations.
  3. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'
  4. present: Names 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'.
  5. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'
  6. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'.
  7. present: Gives 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'.
  8. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)' names the location.
  9. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'
  10. present: Cabrillo College Aptos Campus address given.
  11. present: Cabrillo College Aptos Campus, Cafeteria (900 Building), Lot K
  12. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)' gives location.
  13. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)' given.
  14. present: "Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)".
  15. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'
  16. present: '6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos'.
  17. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'
  18. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'.
  19. present: '6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos'.
  20. present: Gives address "6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos" and shelter locations.
  21. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)' names location.
  22. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)'.
  23. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos)' given.
  24. present: Cabrillo College Aptos Campus, cafeteria, Lot K
  25. present: 'Cabrillo College Aptos Campus (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos).'
• Guidanceabsent9/25

  Final assessment

  A majority read this as purely informational, listing where a shelter is without directing anyone to go there; a substantial minority disagreed, but the majority view that it lacks an actual instruction to act prevails.

  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. absent: No protective instruction, only shelter location information
  2. present: Informs recipients where evacuation shelter and parking are available.
  3. present: Directs to open shelters at specific locations
  4. absent: No protective action instructed beyond stating shelter locations available.
  5. absent: Informational shelter listing, not an instruction
  6. absent: Informational shelter opening, no directive protective action to recipients.
  7. absent: No instruction beyond listing shelter facility availability.
  8. present: Lists shelter locations, implicitly directing where to go.
  9. absent: No instruction given, just informational shelter listing
  10. absent: No protective action instructed, only shelter availability information.
  11. absent: Provides shelter info but no instruction to act
  12. absent: No protective action instructed, only informational shelter opening notice.
  13. present: Shelter and parking locations given as guidance for evacuees.
  14. absent: Informational listing of shelter facilities, not a direct instruction.
  15. absent: Informational shelter listing, no direct instruction to act
  16. absent: No instruction, just informs shelter is open.
  17. present: Directs to shelter location 'Cafeteria (900 Building)'
  18. absent: Announces shelter availability but gives no direct instruction to act.
  19. present: Provides shelter locations as an action to take.
  20. absent: Only informs shelter is open, no explicit instruction to act.
  21. present: Directs to specific shelter facilities as guidance.
  22. absent: No protective instruction, only informational about shelter availability.
  23. present: Describes where shelter/parking is available.
  24. absent: Informational only, no protective instruction directed at recipient
  25. present: Directs to shelter locations: Cafeteria, Lot K, Parking Structure P.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives a specific date and time.

  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: 'open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'
  2. present: States the shelter is open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.
  3. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives a specific date and time
  4. present: States 'open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'.
  5. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'
  6. present: 'open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'.
  7. present: Gives '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'.
  8. present: 'is open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives a specific date and time.
  9. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'
  10. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives specific date and time.
  11. present: 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.
  12. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives date and clock time.
  13. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' given.
  14. present: "1/9 at 8:00 a.m.".
  15. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'
  16. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'.
  17. present: 'open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'
  18. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives a date and time.
  19. present: 'open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'
  20. present: Gives "1/9 at 8:00 a.m.".
  21. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives date and time.
  22. present: 'open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.'
  23. present: '1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' given.
  24. present: Open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.
  25. present: 'open 1/9 at 8:00 a.m.' gives date and time.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: no stated harm, severity, or consequence is conveyed.

  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 stated consequence
  2. absent: No consequence or severity of any hazard is described.
  3. absent: No stated harm or severity, no hazard named
  4. absent: No stated consequence conveyed.
  5. absent: No stated harm or severity conveyed
  6. absent: No stated consequence or severity described.
  7. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
  8. absent: No stated potential harm given no hazard is described.
  9. absent: No stated consequence or severity
  10. absent: No stated consequence given.
  11. absent: No stated consequence given
  12. absent: No stated consequence given.
  13. absent: No hazard or consequence described.
  14. absent: No stated harm or severity.
  15. absent: No stated consequence
  16. absent: No stated consequence.
  17. absent: No stated consequence given
  18. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
  19. absent: No stated harm or severity.
  20. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
  21. absent: No stated consequence or severity described.
  22. absent: No stated harm or severity conveyed.
  23. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
  24. absent: No stated consequence
  25. absent: No stated harm or severity conveyed.