“Bro is the ocean coming or not??” — Canada MELTS DOWN After Fake Tsunami Alert Sparks Chaos

Ottawa, ON —

If you were on Canadian TikTok or X (formerly Twitter) this past Tuesday, you already know: everyone thought they were gonna die.

Phones across Ontario blared with an emergency alert around 8:37 AM:
“TSUNAMI WARNING. Evacuate immediately.”

No context. No follow-up. Just panic.

Cue the chaos: people sprinting barefoot through downtown, grandmas grabbing cats, someone live-streaming themselves crying in a bathtub holding a bike helmet.

Only it wasn’t real.

The federal government confirmed hours later that the alert was part of a cyberattack that exploited Canada’s emergency alert infrastructure.

And now? The internet is absolutely roasting the government.

SOCIAL MEDIA REACTIONS (BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY WENT OFF)

@urfavbarista (X):
ok but when the tsunami alert hit and my dad started packing granola bars while my mom yelled at siri, I realized we’re not surviving sh*t 💀

@imnotjennifer (TikTok):
POV: you’re trying to evacuate but your car’s outta gas, your phone’s at 2%, and you don’t know which direction is “higher ground” 💀💀💀

@shxwnxo (Threads):
CANADA: accidentally sends false nuke-level panic alert
ALSO CANADA: “whoopsies, that was hackers lol anyway”

@thepeachfiles (X):
why did the tsunami alert give zero context. like hi?? WHERE?? WHEN?? is it here?? is it vibing?? is it inn group chat???

@govtflop (X):
this country couldn’t organize a fire drill let alone a disaster response. bro we got hacked by a tsunami. a fake one.

REAL CONSEQUENCES, REAL OUTRAGE

Not everyone’s joking.

Hospitals saw a spike in injuries as people tripped, ran into traffic, or had panic attacks during the chaos. Some nursing homes began full evacuations before being told it was a false alarm.

And for young people, this isn’t just a funny TikTok trend. It’s a brutal reminder of how fragile things really are.

“We laugh bc otherwise we’d cry,” wrote one Reddit user. “Like we really live in a timeline where fake disasters go viral before real ones even hit.”

AND THE GOVERNMENT? RADIO SILENCE.

It took nearly 45 minutes for anyone official to say “it’s not real.”
Three hours for Ottawa to admit it was a cyberattack.
No word yet on who’s responsible. No apology. No plan.

Now there’s a Change.org petition with 100k+ signatures demanding a full public inquiry. Even Gen Z MPs are getting in on it — one called it a “national clown show” on livestream.

THE INTERNET’S VERDICT?

“Next time the world ends, I’ll wait for the TikTok to confirm.”
– @softcrashbandicoot

Reporting where the public speaks loudest — online and unfiltered. — Jamie Mora