Water main break shut off water to four buildings and closed a campus road for three days

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.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: 'SDSU Facilities Services' is explicitly named as the issuing unit.

  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: Attributed to 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
  2. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' identified as issuer
  3. present: Attributed to 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
  4. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' identified as issuer.
  5. present: SDSU Facilities Services is named as the sender.
  6. present: Identifies 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
  7. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' identified as sender.
  8. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' identifies the sender.
  9. present: Identifies 'SDSU Facilities Services' as the responding unit.
  10. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' named.
  11. present: Identifies 'SDSU Facilities Services' as source.
  12. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' identified as the issuing entity.
  13. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' named as issuer.
  14. present: Issued by 'SDSU Facilities Services', named explicitly.
  15. present: Identifies SDSU Facilities Services as issuer.
  16. present: Issued by 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
  17. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' identified as the source.
  18. present: Identifies 'SDSU Facilities Services' as the issuer.
  19. present: Identified as 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
  20. present: 'SDSU Facilities Services' identifies issuing office.
  21. present: Signed 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
  22. present: Identifies 'SDSU Facilities Services' as the issuing unit
  23. present: Issued by 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
  24. present: Identifies 'SDSU Facilities Services' as the responding entity.
  25. present: Issued by 'SDSU Facilities Services'.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: 'a water main break' is explicitly named 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: Names 'a water main break'.
  2. present: 'water main break' named
  3. present: States 'a water main break'.
  4. present: 'water main break' explicitly named.
  5. present: Names 'water main break'.
  6. present: Names 'water main break'.
  7. present: 'water main break' names specific hazard.
  8. present: States 'a water main break'.
  9. present: States 'a water main break.'
  10. present: 'water main break' named.
  11. present: Names 'a water main break'.
  12. present: Names 'water main break.'
  13. present: 'a water main break.'
  14. present: States 'a water main break'.
  15. present: States 'water main break' specifically.
  16. present: States 'water main break'.
  17. present: 'a water main break' names the hazard.
  18. present: States 'water main break'.
  19. present: States 'a water main break'.
  20. present: 'water main break' names specific hazard.
  21. present: Names 'water main break'.
  22. present: States 'a water main break'
  23. present: States 'a water main break'.
  24. present: States 'a water main break'.
  25. present: States 'a water main break'.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: Aztec Circle Dr. and the specific affected buildings are 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. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and nearby buildings.
  2. present: 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and named buildings
  3. present: Names Aztec Circle Dr. and specific buildings.
  4. present: 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and named buildings specified.
  5. present: Names Aztec Circle Dr. and specific buildings.
  6. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  7. present: 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and named buildings given.
  8. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and several buildings.
  9. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  10. present: 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings named.
  11. present: Names Aztec Circle Dr. and named buildings.
  12. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  13. present: 'Aztec Circle Dr...Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center.'
  14. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  15. present: Names Aztec Circle Dr. and specific buildings.
  16. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  17. present: 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and named buildings given.
  18. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and several buildings.
  19. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  20. present: 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and named buildings give specific location.
  21. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  22. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings
  23. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
  24. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and several buildings.
  25. present: Names 'Aztec Circle Dr.' and specific buildings.
• Guidanceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the message only describes water shutoff and road closures; it gives no instruction directing recipient behavior.

  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 action instructed, just describes water shutoff and closures.
  2. absent: no direct instruction to recipients, only describes status
  3. absent: No instruction to recipients, only describes the situation and status.
  4. absent: No instruction to recipients, only describes facility status/closures.
  5. absent: No instruction to recipients, only a description of the situation.
  6. absent: No instruction directed at recipients.
  7. absent: No direct instruction to recipients, only describes status of water/road closures.
  8. absent: No explicit protective action instructed to recipients.
  9. absent: No protective action instructed, only describes water shutoff and road closures.
  10. absent: No instruction to recipients beyond describing water shutoff and road closure.
  11. absent: No instruction to recipients, only status description.
  12. absent: Only describes conditions; no instruction to recipients.
  13. absent: No instruction to recipients, only describes facts of closures.
  14. absent: Purely informational; no protective action instructed.
  15. absent: No instruction given to recipients, only describes the situation and closures.
  16. absent: No protective action instruction given to recipients.
  17. absent: Only describes status (water shut off, road closed), no instruction to recipients.
  18. absent: No direct protective action instructed to recipients.
  19. absent: States water is shut off and roads closed but gives no instruction to recipients.
  20. absent: No instruction directing recipient behavior, only describes closures/shutoffs.
  21. absent: Describes water shut off and road closures, not an instruction to recipients.
  22. absent: Describes water shutoff and road closures but gives no instruction to recipients
  23. absent: No direct instruction given to recipients beyond describing service impacts.
  24. absent: No protective action instructed to recipients.
  25. absent: No instruction to recipients beyond describing water shutoff and road closures.
• Timeabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: no clock time or date is given, only vague words like 'temporarily' and 'updates to come.'

  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. absent: No time reference given.
  2. absent: no clock time or date given
  3. absent: No clock time or date given.
  4. absent: No clock time or date given, 'temporarily' only.
  5. absent: No specific time given, only 'temporarily'.
  6. absent: No time reference given.
  7. absent: No clock time or date given, only 'temporarily' and 'updates to come'.
  8. absent: No specific clock time or date given.
  9. absent: No clock time or date given.
  10. absent: No specific time given.
  11. absent: No time given, only 'Updates to come.'
  12. absent: No clock time or date given.
  13. absent: No clock time or date given.
  14. absent: No time or date reference given.
  15. absent: No clock time or date given, only 'temporarily.'
  16. absent: No clock time or date given, only 'Updates to come'.
  17. absent: No clock time or recency marker given, only 'updates to come'.
  18. absent: No clock time or date given, only 'updates to come'.
  19. absent: No clock time or date given.
  20. absent: No clock time or date given.
  21. absent: No specific time given, only 'updates to come'.
  22. absent: No specific time given, only 'temporarily'
  23. absent: No clock time or date given.
  24. absent: No clock time or date given.
  25. absent: No time or date given.
• Impactabsent1/25

  Final assessment

  Nearly unanimous (24 of 25): the message describes operational disruption, water shutoff and road closures, but states no potential harm or severity; one dissenting read treated 'temporarily shut off/closed' itself as impact, which the rest of the panel rejected as description, not harm.

  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 stated danger/severity beyond water shutoff
  3. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond noting water is shut off.
  4. absent: No stated potential harm or severity.
  5. absent: No stated potential harm.
  6. present: States water is 'temporarily shut off' and roads 'temporarily closed'.
  7. absent: No stated harm or severity conveyed, purely operational description.
  8. absent: No explicit statement of danger or severity beyond water shutoff.
  9. absent: No stated potential harm or severity.
  10. absent: No stated potential harm/severity beyond the water shutoff description.
  11. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
  12. absent: No statement of danger, only utility disruption facts.
  13. absent: No stated harm or severity beyond describing the break.
  14. absent: No explicit statement of potential harm.
  15. absent: No explicit statement of harm or severity beyond describing the break.
  16. absent: No stated harm or danger beyond describing the water shutoff.
  17. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond service disruption description.
  18. absent: No statement of potential harm beyond describing water shutoff, an operational fact not a hazard consequence.
  19. absent: No explicit statement of potential harm or severity.
  20. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond water shutoff facts.
  21. absent: No stated consequence beyond water shutoff facts.
  22. absent: No statement of potential harm or severity
  23. absent: No stated potential harm beyond describing the water shutoff.
  24. absent: No explicit statement of potential harm beyond water shutoff.
  25. absent: No stated potential harm, only describes water/road disruption facts.